'On Va Tuer Les Demons' ('We Will Kill the Demons')
On children accused of sorcery in Congo.
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Election
A two-part account of the recent elections in Uganada and the unlikely candidacy of Rabbi Gershom Sizomu Wambedde, the leader of a small community of Ugandan Jews.
After the Tsunami: Nothing to Do but Start Again
On the unlikely survival (for the second time) of Kamaishi, Japan.
A Constant Feeling of Crisis
What it means to be an entrepreneur in Argentina, where economic crashes are a way of life.
India’s Vanishing Vultures
The disappearance of a legendary scavenger could have dire consequences for a swelling human population.
The Fierce Intimacy of Tennis Rivalries
When the greatest players in the world go head-to-head, things can get downright angsty.
I Can Find an Indicted Warlord. So Why Isn't He in The Hague?
Tracking down a Congolese war criminal.
China TV Grows Racy, and Gets a Chaperon
On “If You Are the One”, the smash hit Chinese dating show that raised the ire of censors.
Upping the Ante
Protests against the Putin regime are already drawing over 100,000 in sub-zero weather; what will they become when spring arrives?
The Space Is the Place
On Abbey Road studios, the Beatles, and modern record production.
On Tipping in Cuba
Colonialism, the convertible peso, and the strange dance between the cheap beach tourist and the tour guide tout.
Mother of God, Child of Zeus
On the perils and poisons of mining for gold in southeastern Peru.
The Devil They Know
A profile of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who was sentenced to 50 years today after being convicted of committing crimes against humanity.
Russia's Top Cyber Sleuth Foils US Spies, Helps Kremlin Pals
A profile of Eugene Kaspersky, KGB-trained online security mogul.
Snap Goes The Crocodile
Life inside a provincial Russian drug den. Originally appeared in Russky Reporter.
The Ghosts of Bhopal
The lives of the Indians who were swallowed in the Bhopal gas cloud, thirty years later.
West End Boy
On Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik and the rise of Islamophobia in Norway.
The Secret Handshake
The short-lived literary career of Breece DʼJ Pancake and his roadmap to a world of oppressive poverty.
Genius Idea
Can a company best known for explaining Kanye West lyrics and telling Warren Buffett to do unseemly things actually annotate the world?
The Genius of Moondog
How a blind, destitute man became a world-class composer while living on the streets of New York.
The Boys Who Loved Birds
A friendship born of mutual interest in birding stretches across the Berlin Wall.
Elton McDonald and the Incredible Story Behind the Toronto Tunnel
He built it as a “portal into a world of quiet.”
Operation Red Falcon
He was one of Israel’s greatest spies. Then he brought his own country to the brink of war.
The Toughest Woman on Two Wheels
On Juliana Buhring, a former cult member who became the first woman to bike around the world.
The Death of a Civil Servant
An uneasy friendship forms in colonial Ceylon between the future husband of Virgina Woolf and a socially repulsive police magistrate.
