Tax Season Woes Have Complex Roots
From Bolivia to the U.K. to Sweden, how people perceive their financial relationship with the state depends on everything from local culture—and history—to what the taxes and benefits are called.
Tax Season Woes Have Complex Roots
Culture
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Offshoring Responsibility for Asylum-Seekers
Australia’s offshore detention and asylum processing centers on Manus and Nauru islands have elicited global criticism—and praise. Will they become the new model for other nations?
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Japan’s Wartime Past Looms Large Over Militarization Efforts
A community's memories are shaping its resistance to the Japanese government's plan to build a new defensive missile system.
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Remembering the Woman Who Was My Second Mother in Cuba
Upon the death of her friend and childhood nanny in Cuba, an anthropologist reflects on the gifts exchanged over decades of reunion amid cultural and economic changes on the island.
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What Migrants Leave Behind
Piles of backpacks, empty water jugs, and even high heels left scattered on migrant trails leave visible markers of the desperation and endurance of those who traveled there.
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Does Art Have a Homeland?
An anthropologist reflects on contemporary repatriation demands for African art taken during the colonial period.