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The Long Road Out of Stepanakert: The Human Cost Beneath Diplomacy
What should have been a two-hour drive stretched into twenty. Families pressed their heads against their car windows, watching their homeland slip further away as they fled Artsakh for Armenia.
In the Face of Trump, Brazil Convicts Bolsonaro—But Is It Truly Protecting Democracy?
On August 1st, 2025, Alexandre de Moraes, Vice President of the Brazilian Supreme Court, awoke to find his visa revoked, his assets frozen, and his family and holding company targeted by similar sanctions.
Learning to Fly in Temascaltepec: How Free Flight Transformed a Community
When I set out to create this piece, I thought I would be writing about the development of extreme air sports in a small region in the southern State of Mexico. Only after I started conversing with the pilots and locals did I realize I was actually writing a love story.
The Fragility of Aid: The Fallout of HIV Funding Cuts in South Africa
In 2005, AIDS claimed the lives of 900 people in South Africa every day. Despite an overwhelming consensus within the biomedical community, Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa at the time and his health ministry maintained their denialist stance.
After Assad: Framing Syria’s Next Chapter
On his 18th birthday, Muzaffar Salman received his first camera. Growing up in the ancient city of Homs, Syria, Salman was inspired by his father’s photographs of Europe and took up photography as a hobby. This interest stayed with him…
The Cost of Parenthood: Italian Surrogacy Ban and The Future of Family
This framing creates a paradox: while women are expected to bear the physical and emotional burdens of reproductive labor, their ability to negotiate fair compensation and labor conditions remains constrained.
An Immeasurable Cost: A Case for Continued American Support for Ukraine
Diana Razumova shared, “My cousin is serving in the Ukrainian army. He’s almost always on the front line. He […] mentioned that without US support, it would be almost impossible for Ukraine to fight.”
Georgia’s Last Stand: Poets, Protesters, and the Fight Against Russian Rule
On July 22, 1937, at the height of Stalin’s Great Purge, the poet Paolo Iashvili walked into the Writer’s House in Tbilisi, now a sanctuary for Georgia’s literary elite, then a courtroom of fear. The authorities had declared writers must…