Hear, Hear: Rappler's best investigative and opinion pieces

For this episode, Rappler Investigative Head Miriam Grace Go reads the analysis piece "Kaagapay ang COA, hindi kaaway" by economist and Rappler columnist JC Punongbayan.

For this episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "Leave the door open: The global duty to protect the people of Afghanistan" by the Commission on Human Rights' Reinna Bermudez.

According to Bermudez: "The most inhumane thing that the world could do at this point in history is to close the door to an Afghan asylum seeker."

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Just like Hidilyn Diaz, students and teachers have problems getting support from their own institutions – unless they rub elbows with the right people. 

For this episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "Hidilyn's victory, PH education, and our 'palakasan' culture" by educator Sensei Adorador.

For this episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "Noynoy Aquino after 2016: ‘Bumaligtad ang mundo'" by Rappler senior desk editor Mia Gonzalez.

Gonzalez previously covered the Philippine presidency, and had spent significant time with former president Noynoy Aquino during and after his administration. What were her observations of him especially after he turned power over to President Rodrigo Duterte?

For this episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "What we should know about past International Criminal Court decisions" by Rappler columnist Dean Mel Sta. Maria.

In this piece, he discusses past ICC cases, from the murders in the Polpot regime, to the Rwanda genocide, and how they were assessed.

For this episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "'LGBTQ+ people left behind after the storm" by ASEAN SOGIE Caucus Regional Coordinator Ryan Silverio.

For this episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "'Badoyistic Parladeism' and mutations in the AFP" by Rappler regional columnist Herbie Gomez.

According to Gomez, the Philippines appears to have its own, updated version of McCarthyism, with the Armed Forces of the Philippines serving as its megahorn. What do you think? 

For this episode, we're featuring the in-depth article "Duterte keeps Filipinos under threat in West Philippine Sea" by Rappler's foreign affairs reporter Sofia Tomacruz.

How often have Filipinos, throughout Duterte's presidency, had to bear the burden of his flip-flops on the West Philippine Sea?

For this episode, we're featuring the opinion piece "Let them play: On Fil-foreigners and the PBA" by Jath Shao.

What does a Fil-Am immigration lawyer, who deals with citizenship questions all the time, feel about people questioning the "Filipino-ness" of certain basketball players?

How does the East Asian game of Go compare to the way China behaves today?