Gregory Feifer on the Kremlin’s takeover of the main independent television station NTV in 2001. […]
How Russians learned to stop worrying and love President Putin
After war with Israel, will Iranians support their regime?
Both nationalism and resistance are surging. Which will endure? […]
Meeting in secret with the African National Congress president
Peter Bird Martin on Albert John Luthuli in 1954. […]
NYT: Shannon Sims on tourists in Trieste
“The Day-Trippers Come for Trieste,” by Shannon Sims (Brazil, 2012-2014), The New York Times, September 2, 2025 […]
ICIJ: David Kenner on spyware firm Intellexa
“‘Predator’ spyware firm Intellexa resurgent after US sanctions,” by David Kenner (Saudi Arabia, 2019 – 2021), International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, August 12, 2025 […]
A forgotten vision for Middle East peace
In 1919, the King-Crane Commission on the defunct Ottoman Empire issued a report one historian called ‘one of the great suppressed documents of the peacemaking era.’
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A night on the streets of Cracolândia
In São Paulo, music and art engage the marginalized. […]
The ‘Switzerland of the Caucasus’
A weekend in Dilijan, Armenia.
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Dreams come back to haunt us
A new translation reflects how people under authoritarianism process reality.
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Peace Corps in Colombia
Pat Holt on the early days of the US volunteer agency. […]