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“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.
‘I Don’t Know What They’ll Do With Us’
For immigrants from Latin America in New York, Donald Trump’s victory ignites anxiety.
How the Biden Administration Failed El Salvador
The Salvadoran president wanted the U.S. off his back. He got his wish.
“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.
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.
The U.S. Election Abroad
Twelve writers tell us what the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris looks like where they live.
What Argentina Sees in Trump
The country’s far right found a model in the former U.S. president.
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.
The World’s Hot Springs
A photographer’s encounter with natural springs, thermal pools and public baths — and the people who care for them.
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.
England’s Squirrel Obsession
Campaigns to save the red squirrel, and cull non-native grays, have little to do with ecology.
