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Contractual Consent
In 1995, Bai Junfeng tortured and then forcibly penetrated his wife Yao, leading her into a coma that nearly took her life. Yet the...
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Jan 13, 20235 min read


Downstream Downturn: How Hydropower in Laos May Choke Vietnam
In the mountains of Tibet, Asia’s sixth-longest river shares its headwaters with two of China’s most important. But the Mekong River,...
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Nov 3, 20175 min read


Watershed Warzones: The Weaponization of Water
On a brisk March morning in Washington last year, US officials announced that they were bringing criminal charges against seven Iranian...
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Nov 3, 20173 min read


Serbian Subversion: How the European Union is Failing in the Balkans
In the 25 years since war engulfed the Balkans, the region has reached a peaceful, if somewhat tense, equilibrium. War criminals have...
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May 11, 20177 min read


International Olympics Catastrophe: Why the Olympics Need a Permanent Home
When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) gathered in Kuala Lumpur in 2015 to select the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics, it...
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May 11, 20176 min read


Bitumen Blues: How Tar Sands Are Challenging Leadership and Morals in Canada
“Sunny ways” has been Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s post-election mantra since he assumed the office in 2015. But his...
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Apr 18, 20175 min read


Made in China, Filmed in China
With $40.9 million in ticket sales on its first day, the Chinese film “The Mermaid” broke global box office records in February of this...
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May 2, 20168 min read


Midnight Train to Addis Ababa
On September 21, 2015, the world watched the inaugural trip of sub-Saharan Africa’s first urban light rail system — and if they didn’t,...
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May 2, 201612 min read


Saving Nemo
In December of last year, two boats chartered by the environmental vigilante group Sea Shepherd, the Bob Barker and the Sam Simon,...
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Dec 8, 20156 min read


Penny for Your Vote?
The community members of Villa Soldati, a slum on the southwest end of Buenos Aires’ sprawling outskirts, are stuck between a rock and a...
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Dec 8, 20155 min read
On Guard
US Military Presence Across the Globe Interactive Graphic by Lauren Sukin & Myles Gurule [d3-source canvas=”wpd3-13273-0″] In high...
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Mar 31, 20148 min read


Yunus, the Grameen Bank and the Uncertain Future for Microfinance
Grameen Bank’s Rising Risk Interactive Graphic by Myles Gurule [d3-source canvas=”wpd3-13124-0″] Microfinance was speculated to be the...
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Mar 21, 20144 min read
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