The Wall Street guys may be the greatest poets who ever lived

Economics

How money became 'the most powerful metaphor' in the world

In this photo taken Wednesday Sept. 2015, a man buys kerosene at a road side stall in Harare, Zimbabwe. 

Energy

Zimbabwe struggles to keep the power on

Young men chat near Al-Mutanabbi street in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.

Conflict & Justice

Young Iraqis reflect on the US-led invasion, its aftermath and their hopes for the future

Infrastructure

India's tramway turned 150. But it’s on its last legs.

Artwork by Nelli Isupova, who lives in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Arts

A family of artists expresses how the war in Ukraine impacts their creative work

Men place their hands over their heads as they are rounded up during a continuing "war on drugs" police campaign of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Manila, Philippines, Oct. 7, 2016. 

A rare murder conviction in the Philippines reveals a 'broken' justice system

The risk of banking 'contagion' 

Aïda Muluneh's "To pursue the ceaseless way," is exhibited on a bus stop in the Boston area. The photograph is part of "This is where I am," presented by New York-based Public Art Fund.

Aïda Muluneh's public art photo exhibit is 'a love letter to Ethiopia'

Posters with a message that read in Spanish "Free abortion."

Critical State

Founding fatherhood: Part II

Smoke rises from the Trade Ministry in Baghdad after it was hit by a missile during US-led attacks, March 20, 2003.

Military

An Iraq vet grapples with lingering toll of war 

Colleagues gather at a cafeteria in the offices of Picsart, in Yerevan, Armenia.

Ukraine

Russia's war turns Armenia into a booming tech sector

The Bitcoin ATM where Alina Simone had to deposit money to pay off the hackers who ransomed her mother's data.

Technology

What I've learned after my Mom got hacked (and her data held for ransom)

A screenshot of  the Silk Road website, allegedly an underground online drug market, after it was closed by U.S. authorities November 6, 2014.

Will the real Dread Pirate Roberts please stand up?

Finance

Who sees opportunity now in Greece? Oh, Bitcoin.

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