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Bint el-Balad

By Nour Malas August 6, 2019

A journalist reflects on the difficulty of maintaining professional boundaries while covering the Syrian refugee crisis

ConflictMENAPolitics

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Kidnapped, Tortured, and Navigating an Indifferent Court System

By Jen Ross July 31, 2019

After narrowly escaping a violent abduction, Linda Loaiza López has become an activist against gender-based violence.

Justice

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Small Problem

By Helen Benedict July 23, 2019

An encounter with refugees and the legal system of Greece

EuropeGovernmentJustice

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Before the Shaking Starts

By Trevor Quirk July 10, 2019

Living in the shadow of Utah’s next big earthquake.

Climate & Environment

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An Infrastructure of Innocence

By DJ Cashmere June 25, 2019

On a trip to Alabama, reckoning with monuments, myths, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Arts & CultureRace

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How I Wrote Certain of My (Fake) Poems

By Lucy Ives June 14, 2019

The author of Loudermilk reflects on “the weirdest form of history writing” she's ever done.

Lit World

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Bead, Bed, and Alley

By T Fleischmann May 30, 2019

On a trip to Berlin, the spin of the moon, and the generosity of the artist

Family & Relationships

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Nugrybauti

By Joel Mowdy April 24, 2019

In Lithuania, going astray while picking mushrooms is a common experience, with its own word. The same word is used to describe veering from the plot of a story—like my father did when he talked about his time in Vietnam.

Family & Relationships

EssayLives

Dancing Alvin Ailey’s Revelations in Black and Brown

By Jamila Wilkinson March 15, 2019

How can I perform a story that isn’t mine to tell?

Arts & CultureRace

EssayLives

An Apex of Babble

By John Sperry March 6, 2019

I grew up in a community where the phenomenon of speaking in tongues (called glossolalia by linguists) is more than just some loaves-and-fishes Sunday School curiosity.

Religion

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What Remains

By Jacqueline Alnes February 21, 2019

How can I write a history of myself without remembering? And why am I compelled to?

AmericasBodies & Nature