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August 14, 2017 | Field Notes

Hiding While She Still Can

Ana P. Santos and James Delano

One woman's flight from Manila to hide from the nightly killings of drug dealers and users.

August 14, 2017 | Field Notes

Ethiopia to Djibouti: A Journey Along the New Beijing-Backed Ethiopia-Djibouti Rail

Jonathan Kaiman and Noah Fowler

We spent a week following the rail from Addis Ababa, where China is leading an urban renaissance, to Djibouti, where it's building its first overseas military base.

August 14, 2017 | Field Notes

A Brother's Death

Ana P. Santos and James Whitlow Delano

A young woman mourns the death of a brother during the Duterte administration's war on drugs.

August 10, 2017 | Field Notes

Kenya: Watching Chinese TV on the Savannah

Jonathan Kaiman

We traveled to Kajiado, Kenya, to find that China's effort to win African hearts and minds has been paying off.

August 09, 2017 | Field Notes

Ghana: A Hunt for the Chinese Machines

Jonathan Kaiman

We heard that Chinese entrepreneurs had sparked a gambling epidemic in Ghana, and found a bigger problem than we imagined.

August 01, 2017 | Field Notes

Haiti: Trash in Paradise

Rebecca Hersher

Rebecca Hersher explores the cost of not having a public sanitation system on the community of Cite Soleil in Haiti.

August 01, 2017 | Field Notes

Ramadan in Refuge

Alice Su

Breaking fast and hearing stories from resettled refugees in Berlin, one iftar at a time.

July 31, 2017 | Field Notes

Turkish-German Iftar

Alice Su

Breaking fast with the biggest Islamic organization in Germany, one with controversial ties to the Turkish government, and a Syrian take on religion, compulsion, and "helping refugees."