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Nigeria’s Encroaching Radicalism

February 11, 2019 Amy Kaslow

Islamic State of West Africa Province Strangles Region

This is Toge, an aging and sprawling shantytown just off the highway near Nigeria’s modern capital, Abuja. It’s dusty and hot, a sweltering swirl of humanity isolated from the gleaming metropolis.

Chile: South America’s Most Stable Country

January 31, 2019 Amy Kaslow

Reluctant Host to Migrants

This is Valparaíso, midpoint up the mountain where poverty climbs the rest of the way.

¡Viva la Revolución!

January 15, 2019 Amy Kaslow

Russia Reinvigorates Cuban Communists

This is downtown Havana, where the city’s schools, steamy apartments and lively bars empty out to street parties and parades celebrating Jose Marti, the man who won Cuba’s independence from Spain.

Vietnam's Extreme Migration

December 20, 2018 Amy Kaslow

Environment Hangs in the Balance

This is Ben Thanh Market, Ho Chi Minh City’s massive labyrinth of indoor merchants hawking everything from shrimp paste to Burberry knockoffs.

East Jerusalem on the Edge

December 12, 2018 Amy Kaslow

Residents Press “Investors” to Meet Urgent Needs

This is East Jerusalem, a dusty maze of stone-paved alleyways crammed with the world’s holy sites, well-trod tourist areas, neighborhoods and shops. It’s where the Israeli-Arab conflict was born, and where it dominates.

Rwanda's At-Risk Generation

December 4, 2018 Amy Kaslow

Post-War Stress Saddles Youth

This is Mutobo Demobilization Center in Rwanda where once-marauding mercenaries spend months, even years transitioning from genocide to job readiness.

Hate in Central and Eastern Europe

November 26, 2018 Amy Kaslow

Autocracy gains, Democracy loses

This is Zagreb, Croatia’s cosmopolitan capital where hate scrawl debases a prominent building in the city's center.