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October 18, 2017 | Field Notes
Returning to Sosua
Emily Codik was surprised by the island's transformation from a safe haven for Holocaust refugees to a sex-tourism hotspot.
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October 18, 2017 | Field Notes
Peshawar Is Now Hidden Behind Walls, Segmented by Checkpoints
Some of the most iconic places in Pakistan are now hidden behind security barriers, or guarded by checkpoints that many people cannot pass through.
October 08, 2017 | Field Notes
Hide and Seek in Panama
Cuban migrants' reluctance to speak with reporters demonstrates the gravity of their situation as they make their way to the U.S.
September 27, 2017 | Field Notes
Cell Phones in Myanmar
Doug Bock Clark recounts how Myanmar's access to cellphones has changed drastically in the past six years.
September 23, 2017 | Field Notes
Anxiety Surrounds a Kurdish Independence Referendum
Anxiety surrounds a Kurdish independence referendum. The Kurdistan Regional Government shows no sign of postponing the vote. Young Kurds find themselves excited and worried.
September 23, 2017 | Field Notes
Flying into Iraqi Kurdistan
Lieutenant Kochar Saleh Haji, of the Kurdish peshmerga, returned to Dohuk from New York after accepting the UNESCO Global Hope Coalition award, given to ten “everyday heroes.”
September 18, 2017 | Field Notes
Thailand's Monarchical Playboy—Can He Do the Job?
Though he died last year and has already been succeeded by his son, the image of Thailand's King Bhumipol Adulyadej is as ubiquitous as ever.
September 18, 2017 | Field Notes
Uranium on the Colorado Plateau
On a road trip across the Colorado Plateau, Ben Mauk revisits the utopian visions and toxic legacies of the uranium boom.
September 12, 2017 | Field Notes
Ghanaian Scientists Tackle a New Scourge: Illegal Gold Miners
Nuclear physicist Adwoba Edjah has faced down armed thugs as she documents water contamination from illegal mining in Ghana.
September 08, 2017 | Field Notes
The Conspicuous Silence of Pyongyang
Reporting in Pyongyang is unlike reporting in other places. It's constrained and shielded but also, in its own way, profoundly revealing.
September 06, 2017 | Field Notes
On the Ground with the Last Nazi Hunters
Kinstler traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Ludwigsburg, Germany, to observe the work of Central Office prosecutors, who scour archives in the pursuit of sorely belated justice.
August 31, 2017 | Field Notes
Behind the Scenes of the Front Lines Fight Against ISIS
Meet the soldiers, the moms, the leaders, the dads, the warriors and the little ones who are pushing forward amid the devastation of ISIS and the daunting task of creating what’s next.