The American Scholar: Hannah Armstrong on quagmire in Western Sahara
For more than four decades, the Sahrawi people have called for international recognition of their state-in-exile, without success.
The Nation: Karina Piser on child hunger
The number of American children who do not get enough to eat has risen to unprecedented levels during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on the theft of a gangster’s horse
The stallion's story says a lot about the breakdown of Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation in the face of plans to annex parts of the West Bank.
Foreign Policy: Neri Zilber on Israeli annexation buzz
Any move to make Israeli rule over the West Bank permanent would send shockwaves through the region.
AFAR: Nicholas Schmidle on Belgrade cuisine
The Serbian capital glories in its traditions, which make for delicious dining.
Former fellow William Mattox dies
An arctic geographer and bird of prey naturalist, Bill established the Greenland Peregrine Falcon Survey.
Boston Public Radio: Carol Rose calls for Massachusetts jail investigation
An altercation involving a local sheriff left three immigration detainees hospitalized.
JLACA: Amelia Frank-Vitale on migrants stuck in motion
Frank-Vitale considers the impact of Central Americans' journeys for the Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology.
Karina Piser on US prisons under coronavirus
The pandemic has hit prison inmates especially hard, Karina Piser writes in articles for The Nation and The New Republic.
GMF: Gregory Feifer and Susan Corke on transatlantic stress
The coronavirus pandemic is a pivotal moment for the transatlantic alliance, a brutal, devastating test about collective responsibility and shared values no side can afford to waste.