“Suddenly the Air Starts to Sparkle”
As South Korean and Chinese battery makers break ground in Hungary, locals face the environmental costs.
11 Billion Barrels
ExxonMobil's discovery of oil off the coast of Guyana could lift many residents out of poverty, but some fear extraction could exacerbate the country's exposure to climate change.
Poems from “A Summer Day in the Company of Ghosts”
“You Tell Me You Miss Those Slow-Paced Days of the Past,” “A Brief History of Love” and “Haiku Aspirin”
Life in Occupied Ukraine
Two first-hand accounts of the fragile conditions at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
Party at Das Literaturhaus
A culture diary through the German literary scene, where markets don’t exist (except where they do), and everything is in crisis (except the books themselves).
The Church the Ghanaian State Built
How conservative Christian theology has shaped anti-LGBTQ laws in Accra.
How the Earthquake Is Impacting Turkey’s Medical Community and Endangering Democracy
A conversation with the Istanbul-based reporter and novelist. For our first issue, Genç reported from Istanbul, where abortion access is increasingly imperiled and reproductive rights have been gradually curtailed by the conservative ruling government.
The Abortion Pill
Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, can travel thousands of miles before reaching its final destination.
The Trial of Poland’s “Abortion Dream Team”
Polish activist Justyna Wydrzyńska faces up to three years in prison for providing abortion pills to a pregnant woman.
“A Complete Reconfiguration of the World”
A conversation between Nobel Prize-winning author Annie Ernaux and filmmaker Céline Sciamma on feminisms past and present.
Erdoğan’s Great Replacement Theory
The natalist policies of Turkey's ruling party have sharply curtailed reproductive rights.
How to Overturn an Abortion Ban
A conversation with three women—a doctor, a former senator, and an activist—who led the fight to abolish Argentina's restrictive reproductive rights laws.
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