While Israel’s Construction Industry Falters, Apartments Are Springing up Around Ramallah
Stripped of their permits since Oct. 7, 2023, 160,000 West Bank Palestinian construction workers are desperate to return to work in Israel. Meanwhile, as radical settlers terrorize Palestinians in one part of the West Bank, Palestinian citizens of Israel are finding peace of mind by purchasing apartments in another.
A Remarkable Retelling of an Improbable Revolt
Ken Burns’ documentary “The American Revolution” has helped move citizens of Mexican descent and other people of color from the margins to the center of the country’s founding story.
Sweden Wants To Pay Refugees $37,000 Each To Go Home
Sweden was once the world’s humanitarian poster child — a nation of refuge, consensus and equality. Today, it is a country where far-right ideas guide policy, poverty is rising and immigrants are told they no longer belong. This is the story of how the myth unraveled.
Listen Again: How America’s Margins Became the Mainstream
Journalist Gabriel Gatehouse joins New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai to discuss how exploring America’s fringe movements is the key to understanding the modern United States.
‘The Course of Empire’ Reimagined in Middle Eastern Graffiti
Through graffiti, political expression has slipped out of gilded frames and onto concrete and stone. Modern murals in Cairo, Bethlehem and Amman show how the measure of a civilization lies not in its monuments, but in people insisting on being seen, claiming space and painting themselves back into the landscape.