Peace of the Gods
By Zoe Quibranza || Graphics by Lyka Lagera Every age has found a new reason to covet the Philippines. Our gold financed conquest. Our sugar enriched foreign economies. Our abaca rigged the sails of foreign navies. Today, the country’s mineral wealth is once again at the center of a global race for power. Now, discussions…
Until There’s No Need to March
By Sophie Fabrigar || Graphics by David Roberts “Every March, we celebrate women.” This is what we are told, what we post, what we repeat until it begins to sound complete on its own. Timelines fill with tributes and statements, and for a moment, it feels as though recognition is enough. But recognition, no matter…
Ever and Again
By Zoe Quibranza || Graphics by Rei Alinsub Do you think the cracked pavements of the EDSA streets remember the footsteps of those who marched on them long ago? Fifty-three years have passed since Proclamation No. 1081 – Marcos Sr.’s Martial Law – and yet the rain falls as if to remind us that the…
thesciencenet.org 