Residents of Sao Paulo’s Paraisopolis neighborhood hope to stem the coronavirus pandemic with a highly organized campaign. […]
Bloomberg: Shannon Sims on favela solutions
THE CABLE PODCAST: Politics in the pandemic—Russia and Turkey
A discussion with Soner Cagaptay & David Kramer. […]
JLACA: Amelia Frank-Vitale on migrants stuck in motion
Frank-Vitale considers the impact of Central Americans’ journeys for the Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology. […]
Pandemic response is a real-life audition for German leader
The coronavirus outbreak is providing some Christian Democrats hoping to succeed Merkel a chance to demonstrate their crisis-management skills. […]
In El Salvador, pandemic management turns political as virus spreads
After praise for his early response, the president is prompting concerns about authoritarianism. […]
Karina Piser on US prisons under coronavirus
The pandemic has hit prison inmates especially hard, Karina Piser writes in articles for The Nation and The New Republic. […]
GMF: Gregory Feifer and Susan Corke on transatlantic stress
The coronavirus pandemic is a pivotal moment for the transatlantic alliance, a brutal, devastating test about collective responsibility and shared values no side can afford to waste. […]
Berlin under coronavirus
Although Germany has received praise for its handling of the pandemic, the way forward remains unclear. […]
Eve Fairbanks in HuffPost: Don’t call the pandemic a war
Using loaded terminology to describe a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic only confuses the issue. […]
Washington Post: Hannah Armstrong on trafficking policy
Trafficking results in human suffering in West Africa, but removing it can bring instability, which complicates policymaking. […]