World
The Strongman and the Cellblock: El Salvador Under Bukele
All credit to Carlos Barrera, photojournalist from El Faro In a small town in central El Salvador, thirty minutes from the capital, a young deportee says he can finally leave his motorcycle outside without fear—something unthinkable just a few years…
New Leaders: Japan’s Dormant Conservatism and the Rise of Sanae Takaichi
On August 15, 2025, hundreds filled the broad walkways of Yasukuni Shrine for the annual commemoration of the official end of World War II. The line moved slowly—but the conversations did not.
Visiting the site for academic research, Ryne Hisada ’27, a Japanese-American student at Yale University, expected a quiet, somber atmosphere in respect for the deceased.
Instead, he found himself surrounded by raised voices. Visitors weren’t whispering about politics, but arguing about it in full volume.
Operations That Start in the Market: Surgical Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa
It was 1:15 p.m. when Professor Sisay Ade, identified by a pseudonym, received a call from Mbale Regional Hospital that his sister, Kofi, also a pseudonym, 58, had gone into cardiac arrest. With a history of end-stage renal failure and diabetes, Kofi had checked into the Msaba Wing that morning to undergo routine dialysis treatment. Thirty minutes later, her heart abruptly ceased to function.
After the Uprising: How Social Media is Reshaping Nepal’s Democracy
n September 2025, instead of taking selfies at a concert or a soccer match, Nepali Instagram was full of teenagers taking photos in front of the burning ruins of their country’s parliament.
The Long Road Out of Stepanakert: The Human Cost Beneath Diplomacy
What should have been a two-hour drive stretched into twenty. Families pressed their heads against their car windows, watching their homeland slip further away as they fled Artsakh for Armenia.
The Fragility of Aid: The Fallout of HIV Funding Cuts in South Africa
In 2005, AIDS claimed the lives of 900 people in South Africa every day. Despite an overwhelming consensus within the biomedical community, Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa at the time and his health ministry maintained their denialist stance.
In the Face of Trump, Brazil Convicts Bolsonaro—But Is It Truly Protecting Democracy?
On August 1st, 2025, Alexandre de Moraes, Vice President of the Brazilian Supreme Court, awoke to find his visa revoked, his assets frozen, and his family and holding company targeted by similar sanctions.
Learning to Fly in Temascaltepec: How Free Flight Transformed a Community
When I set out to create this piece, I thought I would be writing about the development of extreme air sports in a small region in the southern State of Mexico. Only after I started conversing with the pilots and locals did I realize I was actually writing a love story.