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May 09, 2016 | Los Angeles Review of Books

How Aid Became Big Business

Matt Kennard and Claire Provost

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, the power of large corporations in international aid has been taken to a whole new level and is now skewing global development priorities.

February 21, 2015 | Los Angeles Review of Books

On Reading Graham Greene in Liberia in a Time of Ebola

Brian Castner

While Graham Greene smartly fretted about avoiding fever, we spent three weeks chasing it.

January 13, 2015 | Los Angeles Review of Books

Haiti: Then and Now

Allyn Gaestel

Allison Shelley's photoessay of reconstruction following Haiti's earthquake.

May 18, 2014 | Los Angeles Review of Books

The Road Through Redemption Camp: Religion, Fertility and Abortion in Nigeria

Allyn Gaestel

A look at the intersection of morality, fertility and abortion: From mega-churches to store-front parishes, religion is big in Nigeria's biggest city.