A child participates in class at a school in Nigeria. (Photo: Gates Foundation)
Boko Haram: Terror’s New Insidious Face
Newsweek
By Alex Perry
Alex Perry travels to Nigeria to investigate the origins of Boko Haram and its devastating effects on the country.
Saying goodbye to God: Haredim apostates
Financial Times
By John Reed
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community is exempt from military service, overwhelmingly relies on public benefits and is the source of much secular Israel’s outrage. John Reed reports on how this community is beginning to feel the pressures of the outside world from within.
In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are
The Washington Post
By Barton Gellman, Julie Tate, and Ashkan Soltani
The Washington Post reviews tens of thousands of documents produced by the NSA in its surveillance operations and concludes that the vast majority of documents were not relevant to the intended targets.
The Organ Detective: A Career Spent Uncovering a Hidden Global Market in Human Flesh
Pacific Standard
By Ethan Watters
Ethan Watters speaks to Nancy Scheper-Hughes, the renowned anthropologist that dedicated her career to studying the global organ trade and changed the very notion of anthropology in the process.
Can scientists save the world’s sea life from “ocean acidification”?
The Independent
By Alex Renton
Alex Renton speaks to the scientists attempting to prevent what would likely be the world’s worst environmental disaster.
Blogs:
Rethinking Kurdistan by Adam Tiffen
Israeli Officials, Jewish Organizations Condemn Murder of Palestinian Teen by Justin Scott Finklestein
Differing Views on Islam in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan (Part 1 – Big Mosques) by Jason Anderson
Iraq’s Oil Split by Joe Gurowsky
A Candid Discussion with Richard Barrett of the Soufan Group by Reza Akhlaghi
