Alice Aedy and Eleni Stefanou, London, 31 Dec 2019
When photographer Alice Aedy first covered the refugee crisis in 2016… Continue reading
We asked 23 top historians to write the paragraph that will describe the past decade,… Continue reading
“I’m a climate change hypocrite — but I’m making a New Year’s resolution to do things differently”, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
By Conal Hanna, News, Opinion, December 31, 2019
Imagine for a second that society had a do-over. That we could… Continue reading
“Top 10 of 2019—A look back at our most popular articles of the year”, The Johannesburg Review of Books
The JRB Daily, Johannesburg, December 28, 2019
This December marked the The JRB’s thirty-second issue, the final issue of our… Continue reading
“How a Chase Bank Chairman Helped the Deposed Shah of Iran Enter the U.S.”, The New York Times
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The fateful decision in 1979 to admit Mohammed Reza Pahlavi prompted the seizure… Continue reading
“Mecca 1979: The mosque siege that changed the course of Saudi history”, BBC News
Long Reads, London, 27 December 2019
It’s four decades since a charismatic preacher and his followers staged an armed takeover… Continue reading
“How Will History Books Remember the 2010s?”, Politico Magazine
“Syria: No Safe Place for Civilians in Idlib”, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
Press Release, Paris, Dec 26, 2019
The Syrian government and its allies have intensified their offensive on Syria’s Idlib province,… Continue reading
“Fighting the Good Fight Against Online Child Sexual Abuse”, The New York Times
By Gabriel J. X. Dance, Dec. 23, 2019
Several websites popular with sexual predators were thwarted last month after a… Continue reading
“A New ‘Christmas Carol’ Explores the Roots of Scrooge’s Scorn”, The New York Times
[A Christmas Carol aired on December 19 on FX in the US, from December 22 through Christmas Eve on… Continue reading
