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AI Won’t Protect Endangered Languages
Combinations of characters on a screen mean nothing without agency and intention.
Saving Yazidi Song
In the face of genocide, displacement and technology, a new project hopes to preserve an oral storytelling tradition from Iraq’s Kurdistan Region.
Death in Grammar
“Oh, how I admire the capacity of the Spanish language to express uncertainty so precisely!”
‘I Don’t Know What They’ll Do With Us’
For immigrants from Latin America in New York, Donald Trump’s victory ignites anxiety.
Hello To All That
What returning to New York after 12 years in Istanbul taught me about America.
How the Biden Administration Failed El Salvador
The Salvadoran president wanted the U.S. off his back. He got his wish.
“They Are Liars”
Israel’s attacks in Beirut, and American complicity in them, has confirmed for many Lebanese how little they matter to the United States.
Empire as Province: On Teaching American Studies in Amsterdam
The strategy, counterintuitive though it may seem, is to cultivate an America-fatigue in the classroom.
Cambodia’s Billion Dollar Scam
Thousands of people have been trafficked into the country to work in cyber scamming compounds built with Chinese money. Now they’re stuck there.
Performing for America
A conversation with Carey Baraka, whose short story “The Sound of the Waves” was published in our America issue.
The Sound of the Waves
“It felt as if, the university having collected us, we were now on display, exotic specimen there to perform. And so we performed.”
This Is My Body
A reflection on violence and nourishment in America after experiencing a mass shooting hoax at a Florida mall.
The U.S. Election Abroad
Twelve writers tell us what the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris looks like where they live.
What Argentina Sees in Trump
The country’s far right found a model in the former U.S. president.
