In the busy Greek shipping port of Aspropyrgos, both legal and illegal trade thrives among the refineries and warehouses, and the immigrants who live here struggle to make a home in a Greece that is trying to preserve its economy and identity.
2017
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The Uncounted
A multi-media investigative report on the vast discrepancy between the actual number of Iraqi civilians killed by American-led coalition airstrikes against ISIS, and the number the coalition itself reports. In addition to uncovering likely truer math — for instance, while the coalition says 1 in 157 air strikes have killed civilians, reporters Azmat Khan and […]
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Giving Thanks, Silently
Nina Coomes recalls her family’s Thanksgiving vows of silence at a Catholic retreat center in Illinois.
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Inside the All-Consuming World of Paw Patrol
How six animated pups conquered the psyche of the toughest demographic out there: preschoolers.
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I Think, Therefore I Am Getting the Goddamned Epidural
On midwives, metaphysics, and intensely natural births.
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The Uncanny Valley of Online Dating
Dating after a Big Love ends never feels quite right. What do big loves leave us with, and what do they take?
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Why Ageism Never Gets Old
Tad Friend takes a look at the ways in which ageism is perpetuated in a variety of fields, particularly tech, where rapid-fire advances in technology keep rendering obsolete the knowledge and skills of those who are older.
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Why My Family Takes a Thanksgiving Vow of Silence
“The silent retreat gives us all time away from the bewilderment we tend to experience around American holidays.”
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Lost in Backcountry Corsica
When two Irish travelers take hiking advice from a supposed guide, they soon find themselves relying on their wits in the dark.
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On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality
When one man moves back to Michigan, he struggles to reconcile the region’s sense of self with the identity he sees, and what effect being “normal” might have on people.