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How Two Sisters Led a Decade-Long Effort To Reform Extremists

A Mission of Rehabilitation

The Congo’s Dinosaur of Discord

Republic of Congo

A Cryptid in the Congo

How African Leaders’ Memoirs Rewrite History

Sleeping Dogs Lie

Political memoirs can seem more like propaganda than honest reflection, raising questions about their authenticity and how they shape our understanding of history. That of former Nigerian military leader Ibrahim Babangida is no exception, highlighting its author’s achievements while downplaying his mistakes.

Spiritual Women of the Wilderness

The Desert Mothers

The War of Narratives in Jordan

Resisting the Resistance

Mohanned Al-Arabiat

The Grassroots Resistance to Boko Haram

Lake Chad Fights Back

How Iran Is Weaponizing Europe’s Criminal Underworld

Tehran’s Gangland Connections

Steve Bannon and Elon Musk Are Battling for the Soul of Trumpism

MAGA Civil War

Alexander Reid Ross

The Russian Nationalists Pushing for Ukraine’s Destruction

Fear of Peace

Podcasts

How America’s Margins Became the Mainstream

How America’s Margins Became the Mainstream

The War We Don’t See

The War We Don’t See

A Lost Library Holds Secrets to Our Past

A Lost Library Holds Secrets to Our Past

Editors' Picks

Liberia Has a Drug Problem. One ‘General’ Is Trying To Fix It With Brutality

Liberia Has a Drug Problem. One ‘General’ Is Trying To Fix It With Brutality

Clair MacDougall

Growing Up ‘Non-Western’ in Denmark’s Nanny State

Growing Up ‘Non-Western’ in Denmark’s Nanny State

Gabriela Galvin

Dust Money

Dust Money

Videos

Unfolding Paper’s Past: Evidence From Egypt – With Lydia Wilson

Unfolding Paper’s Past: Evidence From Egypt – With Lydia Wilson

Role Reversals: A Palestinian in the Jewish Museum of Berlin on October 7 – With Dana El Kurd

Role Reversals: A Palestinian in the Jewish Museum of Berlin on October 7 – With Dana El Kurd

The Lede: Hala Gorani on Identity, Heritage and Finding Home

The Lede: Hala Gorani on Identity, Heritage and Finding Home

Trumpism’s Mass Appeal

Trumpism’s Mass Appeal

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Contributors

Kareem Shaheen

Kareem Shaheen

"I keep reaching, myself, to find the words, and they fail me. Nothing seems to capture the moment. I wrestle with the recesses of my mind for the words, and then I see a photo of a detainee and I break down and start over. I’m not even Syrian. Just someone who was fortunate to take part briefly in their journey. Why does my heart feel like it will burst?"

Lynzy Billing

Lynzy Billing

"Watching people in the city go about their daily lives and watching the world’s callous indifference to the onslaught in Gaza, just miles away, it was as if time had not moved at all. We had seen this before."

Diane de Vignemont

Diane de Vignemont

"For the women who gather daily in Avignon, Gisele’s courage has created something extraordinary: a sisterhood born of pain and forged in resilience. Together, they are rewriting the narrative of sexual violence, proving that solidarity can rise even from the darkest places."

Peter Guest

Peter Guest

"What is often not captured in the reckoning of the nickel industry is what comes after the mineral wealth is finally exhausted. The rush has descended quickly on economies and cultures that have endured for decades, even centuries, and caused damage that might take generations to repair."