Writing & Multimedia
‘We Buried Him and Kept Walking’: Children Die as Somalis Flee Hunger
The worst drought in four decades and a sharp rise in food prices caused by the war in Ukraine have left almost half of Somalia’s people facing acute food shortages.
Somalia Elects New President, but Terrorists Hold True Power
The militants of Al Shabab collect taxes, decide court cases and control the streets. Somalis ask, will a new government even matter?
Assassinated in His Prime, an Iconic African Leader Haunts a Trial and His Country
Thirty-five years after the killing of President Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso, his supporters hope for justice. But the full truth about the murder, including any foreign role, is elusive.
What This 76-Year-Old Man Can Teach About Healing
“I never lock my door; if people show up at night, I will wake up,” said I Gusti Mangku Sasak, a holistic Usada Bali healer.
A Reclusive Nation Cracks Open Its Doors
Eritrea’s 20-year war with neighboring Ethiopia is finally over. A journalist with roots in both nations visited to see if Eritrea can turn away from years of isolation.
The Disappeared Children of Israel
In the state of Israel’s early years, a number of parents in immigrant transit camps were told that their babies had died. Their families believe the babies were abducted by the Israeli authorities in the 1950s, and were illegally put up for adoption to childless Ashkenazi families, Jews of European descent. A younger generation is demanding answers.
Receiving the Summer Solstice, the Swedish Way
Midsummer Day is a celebration of the summer solstice in Sweden, where I grew up. I went to Battery Park City in New York to see how it was celebrated in America.
A Village in India Where Clean Living Became a Tourist Attraction
Mawlynnong, a village in northeastern India, attracts throngs of visitors eager for a slice of village life, lush gardens and a tradition of cleanliness.
For Jewish Israelis of Yemenite Heritage, Reviving a Past
Prewedding henna ceremonies have regained popularity in Israel’s Jewish Yemenite community, an expression of ethnic pride in their heritage and traditions.
Jamaica Has Never Had Olympic Synchronized Swimmers. These Girls Want to Change That.
Meet Ajoni, Katana, Joydayne, Laila, and Nyouka: the band of athletes that makes up the Island Aquatics Synchro Club.
Israel’s Chilly Reception for
African Asylum Seekers
Israel’s policy toward African asylum seekers is to pressure them to self-deport or, as the former interior minister Eli Yishai put it, to “make their lives miserable” until they give up and let the government deport them.
Revisiting Selma
Recollections from those who took part in the march for freedom.
Lake Chad Basin
Multimedia project about Lake Chad and how the Boko Haram insurgency has displaced nearly 2.5 million people in the Lake Chad Basin.
At the ‘Hairdresser’s Fashion Week,’ Celebrating Black Beauty
Meet the people who gather for the extravaganza known as the Bronner Bros. show in Atlanta.
In Turkey, Keeping a Language of Whistles Alive
Before cellphones, Turkish “bird language” allowed farmers to communicate across long distances in the Pontic Mountains.