She-Rebels — “Well-behaved women rarely make history,” Emmeline Pankhurst, the leader of Britain’s womens suffrage movement, once said. In honor of Pankhurst — and International Women’s Day — TIME profiles 16 of history’s most wonderfully rebellious women.
France’s Far Right — A second poll has confirmed that Marine Le Pen, …
Manifestos — The Daily Beast re-reads the Green Book, a volume published by Gaddafi in 1975. An excerpt: “According to gynecologists women, unlike men, menstruate each month.”
Sorry, Kids — Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez apologizes (via YouTube) for the deaths of nine children in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. But, notes Wired, given …
Nguyen Dan Que heard the call for revolution. But so did the government. On Feb. 28, the 68-year-old doctor and dissident was detained by Vietnamese authorities for posting internet messages that threatened the “stability and strength” of the country’s ruling party. He has since been released, but must attend daily “interrogation …
Two Cities— Ian Lee tours Tripoli, a city that feels like an “oasis,” even as violence swirls around it; Andrew Lee Butters chronicles life in Benghazi, the rebel town left to rot.
Frenemies — Wired‘s Spencer Ackerman is skeptical about the U.S. military’s plan to net jihadis via social networks Facebook.
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Another Assassination: TIME’s Aryn Baker links the killing of Pakistan’s minister for minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, to the country’s controversial blasphemy laws.
Taking Tripoli — Abigail Hauslohner visits a resistance camp in “Free Libya,” where a rag-tag group of volunteers are readying for battle; Tony Karon considers the …
If there was a runner-up award for oldest profession, ‘servant’ would certainly have a shot. But domestic work, like sex work, is rarely treated as real labor, which explains in part why domestic laborers are all-too-often abused, their triumphs downplayed, their work swept under the door. It also explains why, despite links to slavery, …
The Latest on Libya — TIME writers ponder the possibility of American military intervention, wonder who is in charge and muster some thoughts on Gaddafi’s clothing.
Secret Service — The New Yorker asks if the Times was right to stay mum on Raymond David’s CIA ties.
Child Brides — The Economists ‘daily chart’ shows, quite …
Not in Bloom — TIME’s Austin Ramzy chronicles the ‘sad farce’ of China’s would-be Jasmine revolution.
The Palin Doctrine — Foreign Affairs asks what Tea Party populism means for American foreign policy.
The Right’s Might — A flagging Europe is at risk of a fascist renaissance, warns Ian Kershaw in the National …
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Taiwan’s Next Media Animation has a satirical take on China’s heavy-handed response to calls for anti-government protests. Keep an eye out for the panda goons, who you may recognize from their previous roles in ‘Hu Jintao Goes to Washington‘ and ‘Tiger Moms.’
Beijing is scrambling to get tens of thousands of people out of Libya after a wave of attacks on Chinese oilfields, construction sites and work camps. As the state-run China Daily reported prominently this morning, about 12,000 Chinese nationals were evacuated by charter plane, ocean liner and bus. State media area playing up the …
In December 2010, Murong Xuecun won the People’s Literature Prize. To mark the occasion, the young writer prepared some remarks on literature and free expression. But, before he reached the podium, he was stopped. His speech on censorship had been censored.
This week, he traveled to Hong Kong to deliver that speech. In a talk that …
