ISSUE 27: PROMISES

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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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The Messiness of Foreign Aid
The Messiness of Foreign Aid

A conversation with Mara Kardas-Nelson, who wrote about the boom-and-bust cycle of foreign aid in Sierra Leone for our Promises issue.

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“Davos with Guns”
“Davos with Guns”

A conversation with Caitlin L. Chandler, who wrote a dispatch from the Munich Security Conference for our Gospel issue.

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JOURNALISM

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Under Supervision
Lavender Au
Under Supervision
Lavender Au

Transgender people in China — no matter their age — require parental consent to transition.

Lavender Au

ESSAYS

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Don’t Take Advice From a Habsburg
Natasha Wheatley
Don’t Take Advice From a Habsburg
Natasha Wheatley

Eduard Habsburg, with the help of his royal ancestors, wants to fix your marriage, your soul, and your politics.

Natasha Wheatley
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Writing About Erasure
Nick Holdstock
Writing About Erasure
Nick Holdstock

Two recent Uyghur memoirs grapple with how to portray the oppressed minority as more than victims.

Nick Holdstock
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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

BULLETIN FROM BABEL

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Bone Into Stone
Jhumpa Lahiri
Bone Into Stone
Jhumpa Lahiri

On translating Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

Jhumpa Lahiri
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The Treachery of Translation
Irina Dumitrescu
The Treachery of Translation
Irina Dumitrescu

Three novels explore the idea of translators as traitors to themselves.

Irina Dumitrescu
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The Promise of Duolingo
Imogen West-Knights
The Promise of Duolingo
Imogen West-Knights

The language-learning app won’t make you fluent, but maybe that’s not the point.

Imogen West-Knights