From the Archive

Dick Nolte reports in 1952 about a "turning point” US-Arab relations: a US mission to fly stranded pilgrims to Mecca.

15 hrs ago • Compass

The return of the German flag

Jill Winder reflects in 2006 on Germans’ complex relationship with their national flag.

Jul 10 • Compass

Gringo Comes to Manila

Erik Guyot reports from the Philippines in 1987 about his source's attempt to help overthrow the president.

Jun 26 • Compass

The impious curiosity of archaeologists

Neil Silberman reports from Israel in 1985 about a struggle for political and spiritual power over excavation sites.

Jun 2 • Compass

Poking around Morelia’s garbage

Willy Foote looks into a conflict between Mexican garbage collectors in 1996.

May 22 • Compass

At both center and edge in the Strait of Hormuz

In Oman a decade ago, remembering everyday life at a global chokepoint

Apr 3 • Scott Thos. Erich

ICWA@100: Visiting Mahatma Gandhi in colonial India

Phillips Talbot spends time with the visionary leader and his community of disciples in 1941.

Dec 30, 2025 • Compass

ICWA@100: Out of Ethiopia

Smith Hempstone takes an adventurous road trip from Addis Ababa to Nairobi in 1957.

Dec 26, 2025 • Compass

ICWA@100: The Students of Prague

Barbara Bright Novovitch takes the pulse of young people in Czechoslovakia in 1969 following the Soviet invasion.

Dec 19, 2025 • Compass

ICWA@100: Botswana experience

Casey Kelso on a press officer's guidance in 1992 and what can happen when you don't follow good local advice.

Dec 5, 2025 • Casey Kelso

ICWA@100: The Communists lay siege to Beijing

Doak Barnett reports from inside the city in 1949 on its fall to the People's Liberation Army.

Nov 21, 2025 • Compass

ICWA@100: When democracy doesn’t work

Kim Conroy on a Honduran village's struggles to open its first health clinic in 1983

Nov 7, 2025 • Compass

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