Winthrop Rodgers 11/14/24 Winthrop Rodgers 11/14/24

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.

Lucía Cholakian Herrera 11/7/24 Lucía Cholakian Herrera 11/7/24

‘I Don’t Know What They’ll Do With Us’

For immigrants from Latin America in New York, Donald Trump’s victory ignites anxiety.

Joshua Posaner 10/31/24 Joshua Posaner 10/31/24

Defense in an Age of Uncertainty

Notes from the European Defence and Security Conference.

Jasmine Stole Weiss 10/24/24 Jasmine Stole Weiss 10/24/24

Meet You at Kmart

On Guam, the struggling retail giant is the place to be.

Danielle Mackey 10/22/24 Danielle Mackey 10/22/24

How the Biden Administration Failed El Salvador

The Salvadoran president wanted the U.S. off his back. He got his wish.

Justin Salhani 10/17/24 Justin Salhani 10/17/24

“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.

Lindsey Kennedy & Nathan Paul Southern 10/15/24 Lindsey Kennedy & Nathan Paul Southern 10/15/24

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.

Clarissa Wei 10/10/24 Clarissa Wei 10/10/24

McDonald’s Macarons

How U.S. fast food took over the world — and then went local.

The Dial 10/3/24 The Dial 10/3/24

The U.S. Election Abroad

Twelve writers tell us what the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris looks like where they live.

Lucía Cholakian Herrera 10/3/24 Lucía Cholakian Herrera 10/3/24

What Argentina Sees in Trump

The country’s far right found a model in the former U.S. president.

Chris Knapp, Giada Santana, & Juli Simond 9/26/24 Chris Knapp, Giada Santana, & Juli Simond 9/26/24

The Toxic Legacy of the French Banana

France knew the pesticide chlordecone could cause cancer and destroy the environment. It allowed banana plantations in Martinique and Guadeloupe to use it anyway.

Greta Rybus 9/19/24 Greta Rybus 9/19/24

The World’s Hot Springs

A photographer’s encounter with natural springs, thermal pools and public baths — and the people who care for them.

Jorge C. Carrasco 9/17/24 Jorge C. Carrasco 9/17/24

To Rebuild or Relocate?

Brazil’s south reckons with how to respond to extreme floods.

Emily Schultheis 9/12/24 Emily Schultheis 9/12/24

The Grassroots Organization Taking on Germany’s Growing Far Right

After Serpil Temiz Unvar’s son was murdered in a violent attack targeting immigrants, she founded an organization that could take on Germany’s increasingly popular far right movement.

Ben Crair 9/10/24 Ben Crair 9/10/24

England’s Squirrel Obsession

Campaigns to save the red squirrel, and cull non-native grays, have little to do with ecology.

Nicole Dirks 9/5/24 Nicole Dirks 9/5/24

To the Ends of the Earth

Does radical activism help or hurt the climate movement?

Paloma De Dinechin & Nicola Zolin (Tr. Jessica Sequeira) 9/5/24 Paloma De Dinechin & Nicola Zolin (Tr. Jessica Sequeira) 9/5/24

The Rainforest Speaks

Scientists are recording the sounds of the Amazon in a bid to better protect it.

Natasha Wheatley 9/5/24 Natasha Wheatley 9/5/24

Don’t Take Advice From a Habsburg

Eduard Habsburg, with the help of his royal ancestors, wants to fix your marriage, your soul, and your politics.

Ryan Lenora Brown & Majirata Latela 8/4/24 Ryan Lenora Brown & Majirata Latela 8/4/24

The True Price of Sportswear

Workers at an athletic apparel factory in Lesotho that make clothes for Reebok, The Greg Norman Collection, and others allege assault, humiliation, intimidation, and bullying.

Kaya Genç 8/1/24 Kaya Genç 8/1/24

Defrauding Istanbul’s Soccer Elite

How an indebted banker convinced players to invest in a “special fund.”