East Timor: Mountain of Memory
Long ago, the country was home to lush rainforests, but during successive
foreign occupations, loggers stripped away much of its tree canopy
By Karen J. Coates Tuesday, September 6, 2016
South Africa: Rhinos Under the Gun
Why the decline of megafauna is due to our direct persecution
By Katarzyna Nowak Monday, June 6, 2016
Letter from Sinjar: Convert or Die
A city ravaged by ISIS is littered with explosives and mass graves
By Cathy Otten Monday, February 29, 2016
Letter from the Aral Sea: All Dried Up
How the fourth-largest landlocked body of water on earth almost disappeared
By Jeffrey Tayler Monday, December 7, 2015
Trinidad and Tobago: The Showman
Popular anxiety about rising crime has buoyed the TV show “Crime Watch”
By Tom Zoellner Monday, September 7, 2015
Letter From Mumbai: Intolerance
An open letter to India’s Prime Minister from a persecuted writer
By Murzban F. Shroff Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Sydney: A City Beyond Savings
A letter from Sydney, Australia
By Aaron Odysseus Patrick Monday, May 9, 2022
Leipzig: Community in Concrete
Grünau’s social life sprang from a muddy wasteland as families tried to turn buildings into homes and neighbors into friends
By Sam Gurwitt Thursday, February 17, 2022
Mumbai: A Nation Betrayed, A People Forsaken
An existential crisis
By Murzban F. Shroff Monday, September 13, 2021
Naples: Living in Limbo
People in Cicciano were accustomed to gathering in the town square, strolling the streets, visiting one another for a cup of coffee.
By Giusi De Luca Monday, June 28, 2021
The Sierra Nevada: Wildfires in the Wilderness
Fire in California has a split personality
By Jeff Wheelwright Monday, March 29, 2021
New Orleans: Vanishing Graves
Holt Cemetery has been filled to capacity many times over; each gravesite has been used for dozens of burials
By Charlie Lee Monday, December 7, 2020
London: A Testament to Survival
England is a lesson on the longevity of our planet, the tenacity of our species, and our need, as human beings, to connect.
By Karen J. Coates Friday, September 25, 2020
Western Sahara: A Fragile Peace
As an unofficial state, Western Sahara doesn’t really exist—and being tiny and well behaved, it is easy to ignore.
By Hannah Armstrong Tuesday, June 2, 2020
The Barents Sea: Land of Perpetual Night
As we traveled northward, the twilight diminished, the sky grew darker, until finally our ship crossed into polar night
By Neil Shea Monday, March 2, 2020
Kiev: New Leader, Old Troubles
Dysfunction still prevails in Ukraine, especially in the war-torn east; for the rest of the country, the challenges are financial.
By Megan Buskey Monday, December 2, 2019
