Social Issues
Daddy forgot you: The unloved children of Sex Tourists
Sadly, sex tourism has been expanding for decades. In the Philippines, many prostitutes who had a child with a passing customer are left to their own devices, and their children are ostracized. Now some of the women have decided to retaliate. — January 08, 2026
Why sex education workers target basketball courts in the Philippines
In deeply Catholic Philippines, a spike in early adolescent pregnancies raises uncomfortable questions around sex education. Hanako Montgomery meets some of the young women affected. — September 01, 2025
Jing Corpuz: 5 values for repairing the harms of colonialism
Indigenous wisdom can help solve the planetary crises that colonialism started, says lawyer Jennifer "Jing" Corpuz. Her ancestors, the Kankanaey-Igorot people of the Philippines, are known for creating the Banaue Rice Terraces: centuries-old irrigated mountain terraces that illustrate the magic of humanity living in harmony with nature. Corpuz shares five values that have guided her people as they successfully fought against development aggression and invites everyone to pursue a more just, sustainable world. — January 27, 2023