Civil War
The Limits of Literature
As new mass graves are exhumed in Sri Lanka, a journalist who spent years embedded with the Tamil Tigers surveys the works dealing with the country’s civil war and asks whether, between myth and memory, fiction and nonfiction, a narrative can ever be complete.
A Violent Inheritance
America’s political violence and constitutional crises resemble its own 19th-century past more than they do other countries that have slid toward authoritarianism. Revisiting that formative period of U.S. history can help us better understand our moment — and offer hope that we can survive our current turmoil.
Reincarnation and the Legacy of Lebanon’s Civil War
This month, Lebanon marks 50 years since the start of its civil war. In the country’s Druze mountains, belief in reincarnation means that memories of past lives intertwine with the enduring trauma.
In Sri Lanka, the Army Is Engaging in a New War on Drugs
Extrajudicial executions, police raids on low-income neighborhoods, media demonization of addicts and court-mandated rehabilitation at army-run centers have raised concerns about the criminalization of substance abuse in Sri Lanka.
Sudanese Refugees Find New Beginnings in Kenya
War has raged in Sudan for more than a year with no end in sight. While millions are internally displaced and millions more have crossed the country’s borders in search of security, some have found safety in Kenya, where they are establishing new lives despite fears for their homeland.
Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis Is Only Getting Worse
The Nuba Mountains are the theater of a separatist conflict and have long been one of the most perilous regions of Sudan. Yet with the outbreak of the country’s civil war last year, they became a haven for hundreds of thousands of refugees who now face famine on a vast scale.
The Meaning of the Midterms — with Robert Evans
“The thing that we couldn't have known was the degree to which voters were going to react against the power grabs that the right has made. And I'm happy to say that it does look like that's one of the stories from last night.”