Newsletters

An introduction to Brazil’s tangled drug policy

  • September 12, 2025
  • Rowland Robinson

After a series of reforms, can the country’s approach be as good as it looks on paper?

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On frames of beauty

  • September 5, 2025
  • Edric Huang

Notes on recent queer art exhibitions in Tokyo.

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A night on the streets of Cracolândia

  • August 25, 2025
  • Rowland Robinson

In São Paulo, music and art engage the marginalized.

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Destroying the evidence

  • August 12, 2025
  • Brett Simpson

US government budget cuts targeted the global record of melting polar ice. The consequences for climate science could be calamitous.

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Portugal’s addiction treatment at a crossroads

  • July 10, 2025
  • Rowland Robinson

A big success story faces an uncertain future.

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On building solidarity

  • June 17, 2025
  • Edric Huang

Transnational activism at an Asian regional LGBTQ+ conference.

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Greenland chairs the Arctic Council

  • June 10, 2025
  • Brett Simpson

In an era of precarious polar diplomacy, unprecedented leadership may be required.

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In Portugal, promoting safety at the party

  • June 9, 2025
  • Rowland Robinson

One organization’s mission to help recreational drug users.

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On thinning ice

  • May 21, 2025
  • Brett Simpson

The end of a long Arctic winter.

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Rifles, skis and snow tanks

  • April 25, 2025
  • Brett Simpson

NATO war games in the Finnish Arctic.

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