The New Yorker: Nicholas Schmidle on Virgin Galactic’s lead pilot
The ace pilot risking his life to fulfill Richard Branson's quest to make commercial space travel a reality.
WPR: Robbie Corey-Boulet on Mali’s turbulent presidential election campaign
And other stories making headlines in Africa.
NYT: Shannon Sims on Zanzibar’s revolutionary female soccer team
Told they couldn't play soccer, the women responded by forming a team.
The Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on Iran pushing conflict on the Israeli-Syrian border
Concern growing in Israel as the Syrian civil war reaches its denouement,
The Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on Israel and Hamas’s calculated attacks
That no deaths have resulted from several weeks' of rocket fire is "nothing short of remarkable."
Joel Millman boxes to support Global Migration Film Festival
Joel (left) takes one for the team From an IOM press release: IOM Boxer Punches Up Interest in 2018 Global Migration Film Festival Geneva — With preparations beginning for the UN Migration Agency’s third annual Global Migration Film Festival (GMFF) to take place in December this year, IOM senior spokesperson Joel Millman decided to take
Jamie Workman launches new venture
I've just launched a business (which grew indirectly out of my fellowship experience in southern Africa more than a decade ago).
Bryn Barnard receives acclaim for children’s book
THE NEW OCEAN is on the 2018 ILA-CBC Children’s Choices reading list.
Stephen Maly spearheads peace projects
Stephen Maly (Canada Fellow, 1989-91) manages special projects for Helena Civic Television in Montana’s capital city.