The Globalist

There is a recent decline of capital punishment in one of the two remaining industrialized nations with the death penalty.

In which of the following regions do women account for the largest share of college students? A: North America, B: Latin America, C: Eastern Europe, D: Sub Saharan Africa

Iran is likely the world’s second-most prolific user of the death penalty.

A recent mass execution puts into focus Saudi Arabia’s heavy use of the death penalty.

Farmers in Nicaragua still subsist off corn, the crop that made civilization possible in Mesoamerica.

The second biggest democracy’s election season lasts forever, but we cut through the sound and fury.

What we reconsidered about the United States over a tumultuous year.

Americans outwork many peers abroad because their hourly productivity isn’t compensated enough.

The planet got warmer, but world leaders also warmed up to a deal at last.

The future belongs to Asia. Here’s what we wrote about on that front.