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The Rainforest Speaks
Scientists are recording the sounds of the Amazon in a bid to better protect it.
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.
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.
Defrauding Istanbul’s Soccer Elite
How an indebted banker convinced players to invest in a “special fund.”
Can You Win Your Dream Home?
Property prize draws claim to offer a way out of the UK’s housing crisis. They’re not what they seem.
Becoming Belgian
For Afghan immigrants in Belgium, securing the right to stay involves proving they have become too “Westernized” to return.
“It’s Time to Play Ball, British Style”
A hot dog, a Pimm’s cup and two national anthems: The cultural dissonance of watching America’s pastime in London.
States of Sanctuary
As governments across the world crack down on migration, can alternatives to asylum make a difference?
Writing About Erasure
Two recent Uyghur memoirs grapple with how to portray the oppressed minority as more than victims.
Adopted by Russia
Hundreds of Ukrainian orphans taken from the Donbas region are now stranded in the Kremlin’s orphanage system.
The Meloni Way
How Italy’s prime minister uses lawsuits and intimidation to reshape the culture.
Letters from Exile
“What can I do, I will always be, at heart, an emigrant — but what lessons have I drawn from it?”
Crimes of Starvation
In conflicts around the world, food and hunger are used as tools of war. What's the role of international law in addressing human-inflicted starvation?
The Most Wanted Man in Europe
How the former Chief Operating Officer of Wirecard stole two billion euros from the company and became a Russian spy.
Inside Germany’s Taxpayer Funded Neo-Nazi Networks
The trouble with the country’s far-right informant apparatus.
A Shadow Over Svalbard
Once a haven for international cooperation, trust on the Norwegian archipelago is disappearing — and so are the rights of its residents.
Erdoğan’s Relentless Campaign Against Writers
The legal case against Elif Shafak is part of the president’s wider crackdown on Turkey’s academics and press freedom.