READ OUR LATEST ISSUE: GHOSTS
✺
READ OUR LATEST ISSUE: GHOSTS ✺
‘No Entry’
A road trip to southern Belarus reveals the hidden impact of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Emergency Mode in Geneva
President Donald Trump’s cuts to USAID have thrown the “capital of international development” into disarray.
Can an Activist Revolutionize Government from the Inside?
Rodrigo Mundaca, a leader of Chile’s water justice movement, has grand plans.
What Do We Owe the Dead?
How international human rights law fails to recognize the rights of the dead.
Crashing Trump’s ‘Multicultural’ Inauguration Ball
Diplomats, lobbyists and grifters celebrate with sequins, jollof rice and prayer.
Under Supervision
Transgender people in China — no matter their age — require parental consent to transition.
The Remains of Uruguay’s Dictatorship
The military’s pact of silence is slowing down investigations to find the missing.
Surrogacy During War
Ukraine is one of the leading countries in international surrogacy — even during wartime.
On Nietzsche Mountain
“They don’t go to Nietzsche to reflect on or question themselves, but to confirm their beliefs.”
“You Don’t Have an Age”
Medical exams to determine the age of asylum seekers are putting minors at risk.
The Survival of Tâi-gí
A new generation of activists revives interest in a native language as Taiwan seeks distance from China.
The Promise of Duolingo
The language-learning app won’t make you fluent, but maybe that’s not the point.
Can a Comma Solve a Crime?
How forensic linguists use grammar, syntax and vocabulary to help crack cold cases.
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.