ISSUE 25: GHOSTS

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OCCASIONAL DISPATCHES ON THE LATEST NEWS, EVENTS, AND IDEAS

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Emergency Mode in Geneva
Isabelle Mayault
Emergency Mode in Geneva
Isabelle Mayault

President Donald Trump’s cuts to USAID have thrown the “capital of international development” into disarray.

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Isabelle Mayault
Crashing Trump’s ‘Multicultural’ Inauguration Ball
Amanda Sperber
Crashing Trump’s ‘Multicultural’ Inauguration Ball
Amanda Sperber

Diplomats, lobbyists and grifters celebrate with sequins, jollof rice and prayer.

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Amanda Sperber

INTERVIEWS WITH OUR CONTRIBUTORS AND REPORTERS AROUND THE GLOBE

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Reporting on Trans Rights in China
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.

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Translating from Latvia’s Threatened Languages
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.

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JOURNALISM

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How to Survive a Coup
Emily Fishbein & Nu Nu Lusan
How to Survive a Coup
Emily Fishbein & Nu Nu Lusan

Four young women share stories of survival under military rule in Myanmar.

Emily Fishbein & Nu Nu Lusan
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States of Sanctuary
Caitlin L. Chandler
States of Sanctuary
Caitlin L. Chandler

As governments across the world crack down on migration, can alternatives to asylum make a difference?

Caitlin L. Chandler

ESSAYS

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Memory Machines
Jessica Traynor
Memory Machines
Jessica Traynor

Data centers have proliferated across Ireland, at great cost.

Jessica Traynor
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Chokepoint Politics
Jatin Dua
Chokepoint Politics
Jatin Dua

Global maritime shipping is riddled with obstacles that slow down logistics, some of which are intentionally implemented to increase profit.

Jatin Dua
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What Elon Musk Gets Wrong About South Africa
Eve Fairbanks
What Elon Musk Gets Wrong About South Africa
Eve Fairbanks

The tech mogul’s statements about his country of origin reveal that he never really knew the place.

Eve Fairbanks

POETRY

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The Orange Tree
Dong Li
The Orange Tree
Dong Li

“Tiananmen Tower was flooded with the orange-red faces of the young guards. / People wandered and wasted away.”

Dong Li

BULLETIN FROM BABEL

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Death in Grammar
Teresa Grøtan (Tr. Caroline Waight)
Death in Grammar
Teresa Grøtan (Tr. Caroline Waight)

“Oh, how I admire the capacity of the Spanish language to express uncertainty so precisely!”

Teresa Grøtan (Tr. Caroline Waight)
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The Woman Behind Borges
Alejandro Chacoff (Tr. Jessica Sequeira)
The Woman Behind Borges
Alejandro Chacoff (Tr. Jessica Sequeira)

María Kodama’s fierce loyalty transformed the legacy of Argentina’s most-cherished author.

Alejandro Chacoff (Tr. Jessica Sequeira)
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My Literary Breakup
Elisabeth Åsbrink
My Literary Breakup
Elisabeth Åsbrink

Notes on the end of a fifteen-year friendship.

Elisabeth Åsbrink