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When it rains ashes: How one Californian survived the fires
When it rains ashes: How one Californian survived the fires
Veronica Steiner
Myanmar at The Hague: Will the Rohingyas get justice?
Myanmar at The Hague: Will the Rohingyas get justice?
Geoffrey Aung
Will the pandemic lift the stigma on mental health?
Will the pandemic lift the stigma on mental health?
Kasper Dilmaghani
A virologist explains the science behind the coronavirus vaccine search
A virologist explains the science behind the coronavirus vaccine search
On Spec spoke with Tokameh Mahmoudi, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology at Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands, about the…
Prison diaries: How COVID-19 is spreading in one Michigan prison
Prison diaries: How COVID-19 is spreading in one Michigan prison
Efrén Paredes, Jr.
‘This thing finds its way:’ A photographer grapples with COVID19 in Turkey
‘This thing finds its way:’ A photographer grapples with COVID19 in Turkey
Hilaneh Mahmoudi as told to Fariba Nawa
Hungry on lockdown: Surviving COVID19 and poverty in India
Hungry on lockdown: Surviving COVID19 and poverty in India
More than half the world’s population is at home, but not everyone can afford to stay put for long. In India, more than a week has passed…
Afghanistan braces itself for COVID19 with lockdown but few resources
Afghanistan braces itself for COVID19 with lockdown but few resources
In Q & A with Margaux Benn, On Spec correspondent in Afghanistan
‘I come from the future and I cannot do anything’: An Italian watches her town’s apocalyptic…
‘I come from the future and I cannot do anything’: An Italian watches her town’s apocalyptic…
Francesca Rosa
Last call for the bus to Greece: Migrants and refugees caught in a geopolitical chess match in…
Last call for the bus to Greece: Migrants and refugees caught in a geopolitical chess match in…
Özge Sebzeci
Priced Out: A California student grapples with the housing crisis
Priced Out: A California student grapples with the housing crisis
Kasper Dilmaghani
Perfect questions, imperfect answers: A father and daughter talk about America’s wars
Perfect questions, imperfect answers: A father and daughter talk about America’s wars
Dan Dudziak
Being gay in India: A Sikh man comes out to his father
Being gay in India: A Sikh man comes out to his father
Maninder Jit Singh
Trump’s Wall is Destroying Everything We Worked to Protect
Trump’s Wall is Destroying Everything We Worked to Protect
Laiken Jordahl
Deprivation and displacement in third-world London
Deprivation and displacement in third-world London
Ertan Karpazlı
An Afghan-American writer’s wish list: A Christmas tree, watermelon and poetry
An Afghan-American writer’s wish list: A Christmas tree, watermelon and poetry
In Reporter’s Notebook, On Spec correspondents and guest bloggers share the backstory of the work they do, what is behind the scenes and…
Bloodshed, kidnappings and hope at Iraq’s protests
Bloodshed, kidnappings and hope at Iraq’s protests
In Q and A with one Iraqi on the frontline
A thin blue border: How the stories of refugees inspired Ryan Harvey’s latest album
A thin blue border: How the stories of refugees inspired Ryan Harvey’s latest album
This week we have a post from Ryan Harvey, a Baltimore-based musician, activist, and journalist who has spent more than a decade in the…
My daughter’s dream
My daughter’s dream
In Reporter’s Notebook, On Spec correspondents and guest bloggers share the backstory of the work they do, what is behind the scenes and…