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Emergency Mode in Geneva
President Donald Trump’s cuts to USAID have thrown the “capital of international development” into disarray.
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.
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!”
Hello To All That
What returning to New York after 12 years in Istanbul taught me about America.
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.