Norah Das Rami is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, studying English and political science. She is particularly interested in the politics of language and storytelling. At Penn, she is a ...

Tatiana Azevedo is a Brazilian independent researcher focused on disinformation, intolerance, and the proliferation of extremist content with particular emphasis on their societal implications beyond ...

Fishing industry loses jobs, boats and profits Warming seas and overfishing to blame Indonesia seeks to protect dwindling stock with quotas JAKARTA — Ahmad Solihin used to can tuna; now he drives a ...

She leads the fight against cholera, a deadly infection that has surged globally. Firdausi Qadri, the “godmother” of the cholera field, in a Dhaka, Bangladesh, neighborhood where she runs many studies ...

Cholera has made a comeback the past few years, driven in part by human conflict and climate change. Dozens of countries have seen outbreaks. Cheap oral cholera vaccines exist, but they are in short ...

An elaborate financial system supports large-scale deforestation projects. This report was published on the Global Investigative Journalism Network's website. After being tipped off about ...

The fate of the Amazon rainforest has mobilized the world. Yet 3 of every 4 Amazonians are urban... A Tequinho geoglyph in Brazil’s Acre state. These ritual centres had straight roads running for 50 ...

Thailand envisions a project connecting the Gulf of Thailand to the Indian Ocean. Image by Luke Duggleby. Thailand. The Thai government is betting big on a land bridge to revolutionise trade routes ...

In December 2024, war artist-reporter George Butler returned to Syria for the first time in 12 years. There, he captured the stories of people who experienced decades of oppression and who now hold ...

Alaskans see their fisheries as among the world’s finest — sources of wild, sustainable food that reward rural residents for hard work. But beneath that branding lies an open secret: the regressive ...

"Only now, for the first time, has it become possible for Syrians to tell their stories after decades of oppression." Illustration by George Butler. The war artist-reporter and founder of Action Syria ...

The Roman Amphitheater in downtown Amman on Independence Day 2024. Image by Randi Hendricks. Jordan. Each year, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan celebrates Independence Day on May 25, commemorating its ...