Thomas Sankara never needed a microphone to make a point. He had a signature look—a natty red beret pulled low over military fatigues—and he understood that style, in the right hands, is politics. Sankara was the radical, anti-imperialist prime minister of Upper Volta who, after his arrest in 1983 sparked street protests and a coup, emerged as president and renamed his country Burkina Faso, “the land of upright people.” He built a new national identity in his own image: he turned away from French, promoted local languages, preached economic self-reliance, and urged ordinary Burkinabè to take pride in themselves. In…

New Delhi — The streets of the national capital have become a stage for protest, but in the digital spaces where so much of modern life now unfolds, a quieter and more complex battle is being fought. Delhi Police has intensified its monitoring of social media platforms to curb the spread of misinformation during the ongoing demonstrations, and according to police sources speaking on Monday, around 300 posts have already been removed for allegedly being aimed at spreading rumors or creating public unrest. This is not a small gesture. In a city already vibrating with political tension, a single false…