Reportage
A Musician’s Life in the Rubble
Parvaneh spent years earning her place in the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, along with the professional double bass she had struggled to afford. After losing her job amid the turmoil that preceded the war, a U.S.-Israeli strike destroyed her home and shattered her instrument.
What Israel Left Standing
New Lines examined five Israeli airstrikes in and around Beirut, each presented as a targeted operation against a specific individual. The investigation maps a spectrum of destruction — from one man killed while his family survived to two residential buildings reduced to rubble — and asks what accounts for such varied outcomes.
Unmasking Two Butchers of Quneitra
A pioneering investigation has confirmed the identities of two officers in Bashar al-Assad’s army who were responsible for a massacre in Syria’s Quneitra in 2013. But the families of the victims are still struggling for justice.
The ‘Zero’ People Who Died After USAID Was Dismantled
Elon Musk insists that no one has died as a result of the dismantling of USAID. In northern Nigeria, grieving families tell another story: loved ones, once stable on HIV medication funded by the U.S., rapidly declining and dying when drug supplies were cut off.
Centrists and Progressives Clash in Michigan’s High-Stakes US Senate Primary
Tuesday’s Democratic primary between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens for the open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan is a microcosm of the struggle for the future of the Democratic Party — the war of position between progressives and centrists that is playing out all over the country.
How War Has Redefined Marriage in Gaza
As the war nears the end of its third year, many in Gaza are marrying without waiting for peace, reshaping traditions of celebration and mourning as they struggle to hold on to life.
Lebanon’s Rapidly Rising Cancer Rates
Economic collapse, mass smoking and worsening air pollution have combined to give Lebanon — a country once known as the region's leader in healthcare – the fastest-growing cancer burden anywhere.