North Sentinel Island and the Right to Be Left Alone
One political anthropologist considers whether a "no-contact" approach to remote Indigenous peoples may—in the long run—lead to unforeseen risks.
North Sentinel Island and the Right to Be Left Alone
Borderlands
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Where a River of Life Became a Border of Control
With more than 2 million people, the sister cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez make up the second largest binational urban center on the U.S.-Mexico border. Here, the border is far more than a line on a map.
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What Really Happened on Easter Island?
The story we’ve all been told about the demise of Easter Island’s culture is flat-out wrong. Here’s why.
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Locking Up Families Is Inhumane—and Unconstitutional
The United States is imprisoning more and more asylum-seekers from Central America—including mothers and children—in detention centers, perpetuating a culture of fear and hatred toward immigrants.
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Gold Glimmers in the Amazon
Daily life in the remote gold-mining camps of the Amazonian rainforest is difficult, dirty, and sometimes treacherous. But that’s only part of the story.
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The Birth Whisperers of Timor-Leste
In a country with one of Southeast Asia’s worst infant mortality rates, one clinic is striving to bring improved birthing assistance to local women.