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The Road to Palmyra
After years of violence, Syrians hope to restore the ancient city in the desert.
Blocking the Clinics
Argentina's president Javier Milei takes the “chainsaw” to women’s rights.
From Bergoglio to Francis
The pope’s autobiography styles him as “of the people,” but his past in Argentina is more complicated.
The Shroud
“Even in her wildest dreams, she had not thought that Bua would haunt her after death.”
The Return of a Lost City
Nearly 50 years after it disappeared, Miramar is reemerging from the water.
Emergency Mode in Geneva
President Donald Trump’s cuts to USAID have thrown the “capital of international development” into disarray.
Reporting on Trans Rights in China
A conversation with Lavender Au, who wrote about China’s strict policy requiring parental consent for trans people seeking gender-affirming surgery, no matter their age, for our Bodies issue.
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.
Translating from Latvia’s Threatened Languages
A conversation with writer and translator Will Mawhood, whose translation of poetry from Livonian, a threatened language in Latvia, appears in our Deadlines issue, alongside an introduction on the literary traditions of Livonian and Latgalian.
On Nietzsche Mountain
“They don’t go to Nietzsche to reflect on or question themselves, but to confirm their beliefs.”
The Treachery of Translation
Three novels explore the idea of translators as traitors to themselves.
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.
Stories from the Kurdistan Region
A conversation with Winthrop Rodgers, whose article on efforts to preserve Yazidi oral storytelling was published in our Language issue.