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Why Are You Asian? How a Simple Question Sparked a Search for Identity
When traveling, I often expect the people I meet to ask questions about me. But I wasn’t prepared...
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Why Locals Are Leaving Medellin’s Most Popular Tourist Hub
John Ramírez is moving out of Comuna 13, a vibrant, residential neighborhood turned tourism destination...
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How To Save a Dying Language
Every two weeks, a language dies. That startling statistic represents the ongoing erosion of cultural...
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How To Become a Third Culture Kid in Argentina
People in Argentina often ask me where I come from, and I usually don’t know how to answer.  My...

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A New App Teaches Parents 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 You Need To Know About 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. He...
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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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