February 19, 2025 U.S.·World Rest of the World: A Haiku A haiku for a country that pretends there are no bounds. Read More
Americas·World Chicatanas for Mourning, A Recipe by Alan Pelaez Lopez By Alan Pelaez Lopez. Carmela Parral Santos, mayor of a small Oaxacan town, opposed deforestation. On Saturday she was found murdered. Read More
Europe·World You Don’t Say…? by Linda Eve Diamond By Linda Eve Diamond. British MP Jacob Rees-Moggs has a list of banned words for his staff. Trouble is, he seems to Read More
World Walmart Was the Largest Retailer in America by Howard Debs By Howard Debs. A speculative future of a global superstore's downfall. Read More
Audio·World We Look Down the Barrel of Our Own Nuclear Apocalypse For the Seventh Time Today [AUDIO] by C. Samuel Rees By C. Samual Rees. "We neglect my curriculum for makeshift apocalypses & pale horses & lines of code." Read More
Africa·World To A Ugandan Granddaughter by Jane Yolen By Jane Yolen. Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi is serving an 18-month prison sentence for her vagina-centric political poetry. Read More
Americas·World Blacks of Buenos Aires by J.D. Smith By J.D. Smith. Argentinians are taught they have no African heritage. The country's Afro-descendant activists tell a different story. Read More
Europe·World Radiation Filtered by Lauren Davila By Lauren Davila. Chernobyl has turned into a tourist hotspot. Will its painful history get lost in the Instagram stream? Read More
Environment·Russia One Insta in the Siberian Maldives by Bruno Corbo By Bruno Corbo. This Russian lake is so selfie-ready it's been dubbed the Siberian Maldives. The difference? It's profoundly toxic. Read More
Asia·World Gweilos by The Poet Mj By The Poet Mj. The winning poem from our weekly challenge is inspired by Hong Kong's cascading topography and cascading history. Read More
Middle East·World You Don’t Need the Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows by Nicholas Karavatos By Nicholas Karavatos. In the United Arab Emirates, tweets about rain are answered with threats of jail time. Read More