A Natural History of the Spirits will be published November 10, 2026 […]
The Portuguese colonial holdouts
David Hapgood reports in 1962 about resistance to independence for Guinea-Bissau.
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ICIJ: David Kenner on Assad-linked firms winning UN contracts
“Companies once tied to Assad kept winning UN contracts under Syria’s new rulers,” by David Kenner (Saudi Arabia, 2019-2021), International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, August 4, 2026 […]
Resistance, reckoning and rock ‘n’ roll
How a small Sámi village in Norway came to host the world’s largest Indigenous cultural festival. […]
Ten years of post-truth
A decade after the launch of the Philippines’ ‘war on drugs,’ the country is grappling over facts and memory. […]
Review: Who serves whom?
Technology should help humans, a new book argues, not the other way around. […]
The ping heard round the world
Nixon’s opening to China […]
Letter from Amman
Behind an appearance of normality, airstrikes on Jordan are raising questions about its uncomfortable dependence on the US. […]
Encounter in Amazonia
Ann Mische reports from Brazil in 1989 about the roots of the environmental movement.
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Ann Mische appointed interim director of the Kellogg Institute at Notre Dame
Ann Mische (Brazil, 1987-1990) was recently named interim director of the Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame, where she’s an associate professor of sociology and peace studies. […]