Migration/Immigration

Point of Order

The problem with Congress's idea to base immigration on economic merit.

BY ALEXANDRA STARR | APRIL 5, 2013

Russia's New Vigilantes

How anti-immigrant passions are shaping Russia's political scene.

BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | MARCH 4, 2013

Don't Fear the Migrants

What America really needs to worry about is when they stop coming.

BY FRANK JACOBS | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Think Again: Immigration

After Republicans' election-year drubbing, the United States has an historic opportunity to fix its broken immigration system. And the arguments against reform simply don't hold up anymore.

BY SHANNON O’NEIL | JANUARY 29, 2013

Saving Syrians, One Blanket at a Time

How I became a one-man aid worker in the world's deadliest war zone.

BY WIJBE ABMA | JANUARY 29, 2013

What I Learned from Gérard Depardieu

The French actor's case is the exception that proves the rule: Citizenship still matters.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 16, 2013

Syrian Purgatory

As winter clutches northern Syria, thousands displaced by the civil war take cold comfort in a temporary tent city.

BY STEVEN SOTLOFF | JANUARY 14, 2013

Edge of the World

For one journalist embarking on a seven-year journey to retrace the footsteps of early humans, the biggest obstacles are man-made.

BY PAUL SALOPEK | JANUARY 2, 2013

You Can Check Out Anytime You Like...

Why the Cuban government's new law relaxing travel restrictions isn't what it's reported to be.

BY YOANI SÁNCHEZ | NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The March to Mecca

Millions of Muslims from around the world begin the hajj -- a journey to the holy city of Mecca.

OCTOBER 23, 2012

To Leave or Not to Leave

President Hugo Chávez’s victory in the presidential election has some Venezuelans wondering whether it's time to leave.

BY DANIEL LANSBERG-RODRIGUEZ | OCTOBER 16, 2012

Tensions in September

BY RACHEL DOBBS | SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

In Praise of Slums

Why millions of people choose to live in urban squalor.

BY CHARLES KENNY | SEPT/OCT 2012

Sympathy for the Devil

Nostalgia for an ousted tyrant is on the rise in Ivory Coast.

BY AUSTIN MERRILL | JUNE 29, 2012

The Godfathers of Tunis

Tunisia’s new government has declared war on sleaze -- but that’s much easier said than done.

BY FADIL ALIRIZA | MAY 25, 2012

Status Update

With the stroke of a pen, a new bill in Congress could slash the number of Palestinian refugees -- and open a world of controversy.

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | MAY 21, 2012

Getting Ready for Life after Castro

Managing the transition to a democratic Cuba: A user’s guide.

BY JAIME SUCHLICKI | MAY 11, 2012

China's iPad Generation

Meet the children left behind when mommy and daddy go to the factory.

BY DEBORAH JIAN LEE, SUSHMA SUBRAMANIAN | MAY 3, 2012

China's Left Behind Children

Breakneck growth has made China an economic miracle. But will the destruction of families prove to be too high a cost?

BY DEBORAH JIAN LEE, SUSHMA SUBRAMANIAN | MAY 1, 2012

Latin Lovers' Quarrel

Obama may be well-liked by the people of Latin America, but smiling and waving won't clean up the mess the United States leaves on their table.

BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 20, 2012

Mogadishu's Moment

The city is making great strides, but 20 years of violence can't be erased in a day.

APRIL 5, 2012

In Praise of Brain Drain

Want to help the developing world? Hire away its best minds.

BY ROBERT GUEST | DECEMBER 29, 2011

The Spirit of Wukan

Can a small farming town's remarkable protest against corrupt officials spread across China?

BY RACHEL BEITARIE | DECEMBER 23, 2011

The World According to Ron Paul

Republicans are freaked out about what a libertarian isolationist in the White House would do to American power -- but not all Democrats are.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | DECEMBER 23, 2011

Politics Stops at the Water's Edge

After two foreign-policy debates, we still have no idea what most Republican presidential candidates would do about the actual issues facing America abroad.

BY MICHAEL COHEN | NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The Cowboy Abroad

We know plenty about what Rick Perry, the GOP's newest presidential front-runner, thinks of America. But what about the rest of the world?

BY ERICA GRIEDER | AUGUST 24, 2011

A Murderer's Manifesto and Me

Anders Behring Breivik, Norway's mass murderer, was a fan of my writing. Here's what I found within his perverse 1,518-page manuscript.

BY PHILLIP LONGMAN | AUGUST 1, 2011

Man Bites Shark

Why are shark attacks on the rise? Because the balance of power between man and shark lies firmly -- too firmly -- with man.

BY JULIET EILPERIN | JULY 29, 2011

Rise of the Radical Right

Anders Behring Breivik is not alone. In fact, Europe has many more dangerous extremists than anyone thinks.

BY JAMIE BARTLETT, JONATHAN BIRDWELL | JULY 25, 2011

Breivik's Swamp

Was the Oslo killer radicalized by what he read online?

BY TOBY ARCHER | JULY 25, 2011