An icon of former coal country suffers high unemployment, low incomes and a bad image. It’s also misunderstood. […]
In western Germany, a struggling city
seeks to move beyond stereotypes
In western Germany, a struggling city
Déjà vu in Mali
A campaign against Islamist insurgents is undermining governance in the West African country, former ICWA fellow Hannah Armstrong says. […]
FROM THE FIELD: Voices from India’s economic crisis
A report from Astha Rajvanshi. […]
Saudi Arabia’s imagined worlds
Fiction has enabled authors to advance daring critiques of the kingdom’s social and political order. […]
Mother Jones: Karina Piser on food-insecure families losing funding
An important resource in fighting child hunger is set expire, leaving millions of children without funds for food. […]
Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on Israel’s crisis at home
International peace deals will not help Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu control the fires burning at home. […]
WNYC: Karina Piser on Brooklyn’s battle
Following on the heels of Queens’ epic struggle with Amazon, another New York City borough is waging war on grand-scale development. […]
In India, another step away from secularism
Construction of a Hindu temple provides Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationalist BJP a ‘mission accomplished’ moment. […]
The American Prospect: Jonathan Guyer on a cartoon’s potency
The unpopularity of the Emirati-Israel accord in the Arab world can’t be papered over. […]
TIME: Malia Politzer on what makes extremists tick
Studies into what motivates people to become violent—and how to prevent them from becoming violent in the first place, are not without their own danger. […]