Undercurrent

Fighting isolation with ‘third places’

When the pandemic made social distancing necessary for one’s safety, we all learned how to…

Silencing victims through disinformation

When former president Rodrigo Duterte was flown to The Hague last month to face charges…

Dark link between animal and human abuse 

We live at a time when many pets can experience the same privileges as their…

The cost of ghost students

I had just come from an immersion in a public school in Surigao, hoping to…

Legacy in question

In the mid-to-late 2000s, anyone aspiring to work in development looked up to Gawad Kalinga…

The worth of our weight

Weight-related stigma is a universal issue, but Filipinos are infamously notorious for delivering it with…

Reaching the indifferent

Last week, a young woman competing in a noontime show beauty pageant went viral after…

The value of female sponsorship

They say that success is often a combination of luck and hard work. One of…

The risks of letting AI write for us

I recently met with an artist working on a project that would promote arts education…

Countering political gaslighting

Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation where a person deliberately lies or distorts the…