12+ hour, 22+ min ago  (538+ words) They knew they were being deported but were unaware of the nightmare that awaited them. They were flown across the Atlantic, in chains, to a country they had never seen " one mired in war, poverty and corruption. They didn't even…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago  (194+ words) The report also documents worrying conditions in transit: prolonged shackling and swaddling in immobilizing WRAP suits, extended restrained layovers, language barriers in safety briefings and reports of medical neglect. Guantanamo Bay appears as a staging location in some routes, where…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (574+ words) Three of the world's most influential press freedom organizations just sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio about my friend, journalist Shelly Kittleson. It contains an ask that may not immediately make sense: "formally designate Kittleson as a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (238+ words) Shelly and I met a decade ago when she was reporting in Iraq and wrote some pieces for Women Under Siege, the journalism project about rape in war I directed under Gloria Steinem at the Women's Media Center. She was…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (285+ words) Supplies are not being destroyed or confiscated " they are simply stuck. The IRC estimates that $130, 000 worth of essential medicines meant for Sudan are currently stranded in Dubai. That figure is small in global terms but devastating in context: In a…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (299+ words) Death to the Jews! Death to the Jews!" That's what the marching band was playing over the loudspeakers in an outdoor market in southern Lebanon when I was there more than 10 years ago. As we walked through aisles lined with…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (118+ words) Substack The Iran War, in Maps An ethnic, environmental, religious and sociological breakdown from an expert. If you're trying to make sense of the quickly spreading Iran war, I want to offer you insight from a dear friend, a regional…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (326+ words) Substack When "Human Flourishing" Means Closed Clinics The latest expansion of the global gag rule stretches across nearly all U. S. foreign aid " and women and girls may pay the price. There"s a phrase in a new post from the Women…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (347+ words) Yet in July 2025, a U. S. government flight landed there carrying eight men who had been living in the States. Seven were nationals of Cuba, Mexico, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam; one was South Sudanese. None of the seven had meaningful ties to…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (790+ words) Journalism is too opaque and misunderstood. Chills gives a behind-the-scenes look at how dangerous investigative journalism gets made. For years, I have met refugees at the end of long journeys that did not really end. They told their stories over…...