On December 17, 2022, Julia (pseudonym) received an admission offer from Stanford University with full financial aid. “I was overwhelmed with joy,” she told me. “My parents don’t have to pay for my education!” Julia lives in Syria, a ...
Names are more than just labels—they are steeped in histories and tangled in identities. When a name changes, where does its history go? Does it disappear in the shadow of its past, buried in the grave of its former identity? Or does it stay, trail...
A few months ago, Asaad al-Shaibani was a jihadist. Now, he is Syria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and a fierce champion of the free market. “We need the help of the international community to support us in this new experiment,” al-Shaibani tol...
By Ian Tarr On March 3, 2005, Albert Florence’s wife was driving her husband and their child down a New Jersey road. Unexpectedly, the family was pulled over by a police officer for an alleged speeding infraction. After checking the couple’s info...
By Ian Tarr On March 3, 2005, Albert Florence’s wife was driving her husband and their child down a New Jersey road. Unexpectedly, the family was pulled over by a police officer for an alleged speeding infraction. After checking the couple’s info...
What follows is a look back at Yemen’s 2011 Revolution, which was first triggered by a mass desire to change the political structure and put an end to corruption and unemployment. As demonstrations escalated, protesters’ demands expanded to i...
What follows is a look back at Yemen’s 2011 Revolution, which was first triggered by a mass desire to change the political structure and put an end to corruption and unemployment. As demonstrations escalated, protesters’ demands expanded to i...
Trouble is brewing in the Colombian coffee industry. Production collapsed in 2012, after blights and adverse weather killed a large percentage of the nation’s coffee plants, and a strong peso has made the exportation of coffee increasingly unprofit...
Trouble is brewing in the Colombian coffee industry. Production collapsed in 2012, after blights and adverse weather killed a large percentage of the nation’s coffee plants, and a strong peso has made the exportation of coffee increasingly unprofit...
Standing before a packed audience in the Taubman Center for Public Policy, Timothy Edgar called this past summer a “crisis of confidence” for the National Security Administration (NSA). Edgar, a civil liberties and privacy lawyer who has worked i...
Standing before a packed audience in the Taubman Center for Public Policy, Timothy Edgar called this past summer a “crisis of confidence” for the National Security Administration (NSA). Edgar, a civil liberties and privacy lawyer who has worked i...
On October 1, Muslims in the coastal village of Thabyuchaing in the northwest of Burma fled into the surrounding forests as their homes were torched and left to burn by a sword-wielding Buddhist mob. Not everyone was lucky enough to escape: five Musl...
On October 1, Muslims in the coastal village of Thabyuchaing in the northwest of Burma fled into the surrounding forests as their homes were torched and left to burn by a sword-wielding Buddhist mob. Not everyone was lucky enough to escape: five Musl...
By Dylan Platt When white smoke plumed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel last March, it was the unwitting signal of an international blaze of change across the Roman Catholic Church. No one could deny the recent decline of Catholicism; attendanc...
By Dylan Platt When white smoke plumed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel last March, it was the unwitting signal of an international blaze of change across the Roman Catholic Church. No one could deny the recent decline of Catholicism; attendanc...
By Michael Tamayo “It will arise from the ashes.” It seems fitting that Detroit’s city motto involves rebirth from ruin. Detroit’s long-chronicled decline finally culminated in July 2013, when it became the largest American city in history to...
By Michael Tamayo “It will arise from the ashes.” It seems fitting that Detroit’s city motto involves rebirth from ruin. Detroit’s long-chronicled decline finally culminated in July 2013, when it became the largest American city in history to...
In the years after the Vietnam War ended, Americans were said to have suffered “Vietnam syndrome,” a cultural condition that led to averseness to war. Today, the American public has been defined by the advent of terrorism, which has produced a si...
In the years after the Vietnam War ended, Americans were said to have suffered “Vietnam syndrome,” a cultural condition that led to averseness to war. Today, the American public has been defined by the advent of terrorism, which has produced a si...
By Adam Savat They may have a stiff upper lip, but the British are having a tough time coping with cattle panic. Almost all major cattle raising countries are plagued by livestock issues, such as excessive weight gain in the United States or the co...
By Adam Savat They may have a stiff upper lip, but the British are having a tough time coping with cattle panic. Almost all major cattle raising countries are plagued by livestock issues, such as excessive weight gain in the United States or the co...
By Adam Bouche Politicians have a difficult time grasping the scientific method. All too frequently, scientific knowledge and research is hastily dismissed during the formulation of policy. At a time when 84 percent of the public believes that scienc...
By Adam Bouche Politicians have a difficult time grasping the scientific method. All too frequently, scientific knowledge and research is hastily dismissed during the formulation of policy. At a time when 84 percent of the public believes that scienc...
By Emma Dickson On the night of his reelection on November 7, 2012, President Barack Obama referred to Vice President Joe Biden as “America’s Happy Warrior.” Many Americans know Biden as a veteran negotiator who has been forgiven for many mor...
By Emma Dickson On the night of his reelection on November 7, 2012, President Barack Obama referred to Vice President Joe Biden as “America’s Happy Warrior.” Many Americans know Biden as a veteran negotiator who has been forgiven for many mor...
Allan Fung is the mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island. Elected in 2008, Fung previously served as City-Wide Councilman and was a prosecutor in the Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General from 1999 to 2001. Interview by Emily Gelber Mayor Fung poses w...
Allan Fung is the mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island. Elected in 2008, Fung previously served as City-Wide Councilman and was a prosecutor in the Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General from 1999 to 2001. Interview by Emily Gelber Mayor Fung poses w...