Irene Caselli

-OpEd- SAO PAULO — I bring you news from the digital front. Those who weren't paying attention may not have noticed, but in the last couple

PARIS — It is a haunting image: a woman dressed in blue, her head covered, holding the body of a dead child covered in a white sheet.

At first glance, it's just another cute photo that's come across your feed.

-Analysis- SÃO PAULO — I've read here and there that post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans "brings lessons" to Porto Alegre, the capital city

Children play to explore and learn. But that does not mean that adults are less playful. As we celebrate June 11, the first International Day of Play, Worldcrunch's Irene Caselli considers what play means for kids and adults alike.

The main character of the Argentine comic strip, created at a time when Latin America was going through political censorship, Mafalda's innocent but serious attitude toward world problems is an excellent example of how young people often see more clearly than the rest of us.

Across a planet that gets hotter each summer, long school vacations are completely out-of-synch with a society that tends to require both parents are working. Are there solutions inside or outside of nuclear families?

In a world fixated on visible outcomes, we often overlook the hidden talents and unseen efforts that shape our daily lives. But less visible skills, and the complex journeys behind every achievement, are equally important.

The Argentine comic strip, who is now about to get its own Netflix series, was created at a time when Latin America was going through political censorship. A testament to Mafalda’s innocent-but-serious attitude toward world problems, an excellent example of how young people often see more clearly than the rest of us.

Yes, surrogacy can exploit women and their bodies. But like JD Vance, Italy's Giorgia Meloni is really just trying to impose her own conception of the family on everyone else.