The ace pilot risking his life to fulfill Richard Branson’s quest to make commercial space travel a reality. […]
The New Yorker: Nicholas Schmidle on Virgin Galactic’s lead pilot
The Nation: Karina Piser on breaking France’s race taboo
A new generation of activists is trying to change the way France conceives of race. […]
World Economic Forum: Cynthia Caron on gender parity in Zambia
Projects helping provide Zambian women with better access to land. […]
Hoover Institution: Paul Rahe on Turkey’s future
Is the country no longer part of the West? […]
Summer, scandal and day-to-day pluralism in Paris
A stroll through the city’s 11th arrondissement. […]
WPR: Robbie Corey-Boulet on Mali’s turbulent presidential election campaign
And other stories making headlines in Africa. […]
Thriving cults are harming young people in Nigeria
Four years after the Chibok kidnapping, little has been done to to protect Nigerians from a militant group that is upending life for millions. […]
NYT: Shannon Sims on Zanzibar’s revolutionary female soccer team
Told they couldn’t play soccer, the women responded by forming a team. […]
The Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on Iran pushing conflict on the Israeli-Syrian border
Concern growing in Israel as the Syrian civil war reaches its denouement, […]
In China, country people in a land of drastic change
Rural Chinese are adapting to transformation unlike anything seen before. These are some of their stories. […]