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Protesters including children gather on May 24, 2025, in London to demand the return of the Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. According to the Ukrainian government, more than 19,500 children have been forcibly taken by Russia since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. To date, only 1,307 of these children have been safely returned to areas under Ukrainian government control. (Alishia Abodunde/Getty)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Normalizing Russia normalizes the mass abduction of Ukrainian children

December 12, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been kidnapped and taken to Russia.

Moshtari, left, chata with Nooria while Nargis sits in the top bed and their children play on July 4, 2025, in the room where they slept at the United Nations' International Organization for Migration transit center in Herat, Afghanistan, after being deported from Iran. Organizations that provide such humanitarian relief in Afghanistan are grappling with funding cuts by the U.S. Agency for International Development. (Elise Blanchard/Getty)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Donald Trump’s Black Friday approach to foreign policy

November 28, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

In Ukraine and around the world, the U.S. has succumbed to a short-term, selfish view of foreign policy that won’t serve us well.

Displaced Sudanese people who fled el-Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), walk in the Um Yanqur camp, located on the southwestern edge of Tawila, in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on Nov. 3, 2025. (Getty-AFP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Horrifying violence returns to Sudan, exposing the deadly legacy of impunity

November 14, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

In Darfur, history just seems to be repeating itself since the offenders include many of the exact same people as before.

President Paul Biya casts his ballot at the Government Bilingual primary school Bastos in Yaounde, Cameroon, on Oct. 12, 2025 (Angel Ngwe/AP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: The intoxication of power and its consequences on democracy around the world

October 31, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Elderly leaders in Africa and around the world are holding on to power. Democratic states should be wary about the impact of entrenched rule.

President Donald Trump greets Argentina's president, Javier Milei, at the White House in Washington on Oct. 14, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Getty-AFP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Donald Trump applies his strongman approach to Latin America

October 17, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

President Donald Trump seems intent on promoting autocratic leaders in Brazil and Argentina and bringing perceived enemies to heel.

Protesters take selfies and celebrate on Sept. 9, 2025, at the Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal's government ministries and offices, after it was set on fire during a protest against a social media ban and corruption in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Gen Z-led protests are spreading rapidly across the globe

October 3, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The globe is seeing the most significant spike in dissent since the Arab Spring all led by young people.

The Supreme Court in Washington on Sept. 9, 2025. The Trump administration has asked Congress to approve $58 million in emergency funding to bolster security for the Supreme Court, citing a surge in threats against public officials after the killing of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Why we need dissent

September 19, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Officials of the Donald Trump administration made direct threats against free speech this week.

Chinese troops march in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Sept. 3, 2025, during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II. (Pedro Pardo/Getty-AFP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: China is making autocracy great again

September 5, 2025 at 5:38 p.m.

With most U.S. adversaries present at China's military parade, this was a show of unity in opposition to America’s global leadership.

White South Africans demonstrate in support of U.S. President Donald Trump in front of the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on Feb. 15, 2025. (Jerome Delay/AP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Worse than ignoring human rights, America is twisting the meaning

August 22, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The Trump administration is twisting the concept of human rights in support of a political agenda that undermines equality, justice and human security.

Hidaya, 31, carries her sick 18-month-old son Mohammed al-Mutawaq, who is displaying signs of malnutrition, inside their tent at the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 24, 2025. (Omar al-Qattaa/Getty-AFP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Gaza’s starvation is America’s shame

August 8, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

It’s time for us all to face the reality that Israel’s government is committing atrocities in Gaza and is doing so with American support.

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