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Reporting on Venezuela’s ‘Last Shot at Change’
A conversation with Lucía Cholakian Herrera who was in Venezuela to cover the July 28 presidential election that has plunged the country into a democratic crisis.
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.
“Too Westernized to Return”
A conversation with Lisa De Bode, whose article on Afghan immigrants’ path to asylum in Belgium was published in our Sports issue.
Becoming Belgian
For Afghan immigrants in Belgium, securing the right to stay involves proving they have become too “Westernized” to return.
Investigating Paris’ Olympics Evictions
A conversation with Phineas Rueckert, whose article on the acceleration of evictions in Paris ahead of the Olympic Games was published in our Sports issue.
The Deserter
“Tomorrow I’d be sent to the front lines. Then I noticed my missing leg had sent me a letter.”
“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.
The Anthropologists
“Manu and I had no spare sets of plates or matching glasses, but we had plenty of discussion in our lives.”
States of Sanctuary
As governments across the world crack down on migration, can alternatives to asylum make a difference?
The Enduring Appeal of Vienna’s Gilded-Age Balls
A conversation with Jessi Jezewska Stevens, whose article on Vienna’s ball season was published in our Land issue.