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‘You can’t trust anyone’
After the Philippine drug war, victims’ groups work under ongoing threat.
16 hrs ago
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Sabrina Ochoa
5
September 2026
The last of us
The destruction of international academic exchange
Sep 29
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Bryn Barnard
9
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From keeping records to keeping watch
AI surveillance technology spots anomalies, not suspicious behavior. What could go wrong?
Sep 22
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Anna M. Gielas, PhD
6
1
The education of Mr. Shisma
The global growth and local trials of the International Baccalaureate program
Sep 15
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Bryn Barnard
7
1
Postcard from the Isle of Man
On an independent-minded British island, stepping back in time
Sep 11
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Elizabeth Wise
11
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Can an African critical minerals megaproject benefit Africans?
A major transport route is a test case for sustainable development vs. neocolonial plundering.
Sep 8
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Casey Kelso
6
1
Reconciliation over revenge
In the Philippines, a new truth and reconciliation commission is battling major challenges to confront the country’s ‘war on drugs.’
Sep 1
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Sabrina Ochoa
6
1
August 2026
A moveable feast, one tamale at a time
Food courier services between Guatemala and the US are thriving.
Aug 28
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joel millman
9
1
Putin’s biggest gamble
Why Russia may attack NATO
Aug 25
8
Return
Carol Rose reports from Pakistan in 1992 about the dilemmas facing Afghan refugees after the collapse of their country’s communist rule.
Aug 21
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Compass
8
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Review: A man of no nation
Andrea Wulf rediscovers the pioneering 18th-century globalist George Forster.
Aug 18
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Anna M. Gielas, PhD
7
The Portuguese colonial holdouts
David Hapgood reports in 1962 about resistance to independence for Guinea-Bissau.
Aug 11
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Compass
5
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