Marcie Sillman

On Simeulue island in Indonesia, folk knowledge helped people escape 2004 tsunami

Natural disasters

Some people on Indonesia’s Simeulue island relied on folklore to escape the 2004 tsunami

Some housing for Indonesia tsunami survivors abandoned after 20 years

Development

Survivors in Indonesia grapple with trauma as they rebuild their lives 20 years after devastating tsunami

La Bombonera is the 'Holy See' of Argentina soccer

Sacred Spaces

This aging Buenos Aires stadium continues to be the undisputed ‘temple of soccer’

Shuttered synagogue reopens for funeral in Kolkata

Kolkata’s Jewish population is dwindling

Denmark is fed up with Russia's shadow fleet

Energy

Denmark is fed up with Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’

Saint Mary statue endures flames of war on this remote isle

On this remote isle, an icon of the Virgin Mary has endured the flames of war

Mapuche sports help Indigenous Chileans revive their culture

Mapuche sports help Indigenous Chileans revive culture

A massive mural project in Mexico City is transforming some of the poorest neighborhoods

Arts, Culture & Media

Slinging pizza in Tokyo at 86

Japan in Focus

Is retirement officially dead in Japan?

Authoritarians justify targeting dissidents abroad as 'counterterrorism'

Justice

Growing number of governments using counterterrorism to justify targeting dissidents abroad

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