A photo of the Oak Ridge plant in Tennessee that was home to the Manhattan Project and birthplace of the atomic bomb (Photo: www.energy.gov).
Radio-Free Syria
The New York Times
By Eliza Griswold
Both ISIS and Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime are hunting a radio broadcaster known for his public honesty and support for Syrian human rights.
In and Out of Time in Iraq
The New Yorker
By Tom Ricks
Tom Ricks writes about his time as a war correspondent covering war in Iraq following the 2003 U.S. invasion and the impact his experiences left him years after coming home.
Inside Oak Ridge, birthplace of the atomic bomb
New Republic
By Louis Falstein
This story uncovers the once secretive home of the Manhattan Project and birthplace of the first atomic bomb in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
While diplomats fret, Burkina backs military to drive reform agenda
Reuters
By David Lewis
Diplomats based in Burkina Faso are voicing caution about Colonel Isaac Zida’s new role as prime minister, even as he’s promised to push a new reform agenda.
‘Biggest refugee crisis of our age’ braces for brutal winter
Mashable
By Kari Paul
As winter settles in, a lack funding for the World Food Programme threatens to leave over a million Syrians hungry and many more exposed to freezing weather.
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