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Grima: The Last Masters of Afro-Colombian Machete Fencing Fight To Save Their Tradition
In the Afro-descendant town of Puerto Tejada, in the southern Colombian department of Cauca, a handful...
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The New London: Immigration Is Making This Tiny Country Even More Multilingual
In some ways, the tiny country of Luxembourg looks like a land from a fairytale. Many of its government...
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What Happened When One Woman Tried To Escape Forced Marriage in Afghanistan
The author of this essay is an Afghan man who worked alongside the U.S. military for many years. Ever...
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In Berlin and Brussels, Georgians Fight for Their European Future
In the center of the German capital, the 18th-century landmark, the Brandenburg Gate, is more than just...

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Grima: The Last Masters of Afro-Colombian Machete Fencing Fight To Save Their Tradition
In the Afro-descendant town of Puerto Tejada, in the southern Colombian department of Cauca, a handful...
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Berlin: An Authentic View of Germany’s Capital
A group of friends went to Berlin for a long weekend in November. There are some trips that are just...
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A New App Teaches Parents in Vietnam To Care for Babies
When Ngoc Nguyen was pregnant with her first child in 2016, a doctor monitored her and the baby. Nevertheless,...
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One Woman Blends Modernity and Tradition in Kazakh Design
I sat down to speak with Nissa Kinzhalina, a 31-year-old Kazakh furniture designer based in Almaty, Kazakhstan....
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What I Learned Promoting American Soft Power in Serbia
In 2001, mere months before the infamous September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, the German...
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How the European Union Can Fight Corruption
  I’m speaking with a 37-year-old Green Party member of the European Parliament, Daniel Freund....
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Vietnamese Workers, Exploitation, and China’s Influence in Serbia
I’m speaking to Stefan Vladisavljev, an expert on Chinese influence in the Western Balkans at the Belgrade...
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Migrants in Calais Are Dying To Leave
The Calais ‘jungle,’ a makeshift encampment housing thousands of migrants trying to make...
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Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kyrgyzstan Fear Russia’s Extremism Law
In 2017, Russia outlawed the Jehovah’s Witnesses, a Christian denomination founded in the United...
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Iran’s Ahwazi and Systemic Oppression
This interview was originally published on January 23, 2022, in Lazo Magazine’s weekly newsletter....
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How To Govern a Disputed Land: A Conversation About Nagorno Karabakh
A street scene in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, by Adam Jones. Once upon a time in London (really, it...
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The Roma Want Reparations Following Decades of Racism in Europe
Roma boys in Šutka, a neighborhood in North Macedonia’s capital Skopje. Šutka is known as the cultural...

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