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December 18, 2017 | Field Notes
Tokyo Is Built on Sea-Bottom Sand
Japan's skyscrapers are made with sludge from the bottom of the sea.
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Asia
December 11, 2017 | Associated Press
Rohingya Methodically Raped by Myanmar’s Armed Forces
An AP report documents savage sexual assaults on 29 women and girls, age 13 to 35, bolstering the case that Myanmar’s armed forces are systematically employing rape as a "calculated tool of terror."
December 08, 2017 | The Atlantic
When the Presses Stop
Bernie Krisher helped bring free journalism to Cambodia. Now, as the country reverts to autocracy, his paper has been shut down. Will he survive the heartbreak? Will Cambodia?
December 06, 2017 | The Nation
In Pakistan’s Tribal Areas, Collective Punishment Is the Law of the Land
Civilians here, who live under an outdated colonial regime, have been terrorized by US drone strikes and extremist Islamists for many years.
December 06, 2017 | Pulitzer Center
Manipur: Portraits of Resilience
Portraits of Resilience takes viewers up close to nine individuals to understand the delicate relationship between the Meiteis and the Loktak Wetland as well as their fight for survival.
December 06, 2017 | Pulitzer Center
Alternative Education: Learning Through Living
SECMOL, an alternative school located in Ladakh in northern India, has emerged as an eco-friendly institution where students from small rural villages have found hope.
December 01, 2017 | Field Notes
Manipur: Ithai Dam Threatens the Loktak Wetland
The floating islands of Loktak Lake, known as “phumdis,” are home to unique animals and plants and an indigenous community threatened by a hydroelectric project.
November 23, 2017 | WNYC Radio
An Ancient Game with a Headless Calf Offers a Window into Afghan Politics
Jason Motlagh appears on WNYC's The Takeaway to discuss buzkashi, Afghanistan's national sport and a window into the politics and culture of the country.
November 23, 2017 | The New Republic
Myanmar's Imagined Jihadis
Why the Burmese military has used the rhetoric of the global war on terror as a pretext for its ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya Muslims
November 21, 2017 | The Des Moines Register
A Clinic in China Is Offering Seriously Ill Iowans New Hope Through Centuries-Old Medicine
Ruth Lycke and her unique acupuncture clinic in China have helped treat more than 500 Americans, many of them struggling to recover from strokes.
November 16, 2017 | Longreads
The Lost Genocide
The Rohingya have been stripped of citizenship, prevented from having children, and systematically murdered. But the United Nations may never be able to prosecute the Rohingya genocide.
November 16, 2017 | Pulitzer Center
Transgender Communities in West Bengal: Navigating Public and Private Spaces
Sintu is a transgender activist. While the debate about LGBTQ rights in India has revolved around the right to privacy, a glimpse into her daily life blurs the line between public and private.