“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 […]
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. […]
A whale of a controversy
On the Faroe Islands, a traditional Indigenous practice prompts debate. […]
Operation Hajj
Dick Nolte reports in 1952 about a “turning point” US-Arab relations: a US mission to fly stranded pilgrims to Mecca.
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Living in Cuba
As the economy approaches a breaking point under US sanctions, historic numbers of people are leaving. But some are deciding to stay. […]