Wake up, Pilipinas, they’re killing our students, children, and fellow countrymen. ​ They’ve actually been doing this for a long time now; we just became accustomed to it. ​ On April 19, 2026, Alyssa Alano, a student leader from the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD), was killed in a military operation in Toboso, Negros Occidental. She was an activist and researcher, who stayed for a work immersion with farmers in the area prior to the brutal incident. Alano advocated for human...

The pendulum of time swings, until it doesn’t. It pivots back and forth; Once energy is exhausted, it just stops. Human lives function the same way, The tick of our existence halts when our time is up. What’s the worst part of it all? We do not know when, where, or how our existence ceases to be. We often overlook how quickly our lives, away from us, can flee. Taking things for granted is easy. “I hate it here,” someone mutters, because she could not buy a designer jacket. A person from...

“The most important part of transitional justice work is to help those affected by human rights violations articulate how they see...