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1 week ago | 
globalvoices.org | Dalia Tarek |Malka Older |Teodora C. Hasegan |Zhaoyin Feng
Since 2018, the Ortega-Rosario Murillo government in Nicaragua has used multiple repressive strategies to punish citizens who have expressed political dissent, such as persecution, harassment, imprisonment, torture, confiscation of property, and extrajudicial executions. In 2023, state authorities used a new modality for the first time to increase repression: stripping opponents of their nationality.
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1 week ago | 
globalvoices.org | Malka Older |Daria Dergacheva |Mong Palatino |Mohamed Mohamud
This article was originally published in Russian on March 25, 2025, on Baikal People. Global Voices translated the article, edited it for clarity, and is republishing it with permission. People's names have been changed for safety. In the spring of 2024, US authorities began sending Russians who crossed the US–Mexico border to request political asylum into detention centers en masse.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
inquirer.com | Malka Older
The free press is often called one of the pillars of democracy, but that’s understating the case. A free press is a necessary, integral part of democracy, not just something that props it up. Without meaningful, trustworthy, and trusted sources of information, voting is just a guessing game. Even in a small city, there are too many people and issues for any one voter to have a grasp of all of them, and in our interconnected world, many topics require global knowledge, as well.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
globalvoices.org | Malka Older
I am honored to be joining Global Voices, an organization I’ve admired for many years. I first came to Global Voices as a reader, thrilled to find a place where I could read stories about places I knew nothing about and updates from places I missed, written by the people who lived there in the language they lived in. I appreciated getting news about food, music, and local issues along with analysis of the more well-covered stories with geopolitical impacts.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
everand.com | Malka Older
Originally published on Global Voices I am honored to be joining Global Voices, an organization I’ve admired for many years. I first came to Global Voices as a reader, thrilled to find a place where I could read stories about places I knew nothing about and updates from places I missed, written by the people who lived there in the language they lived in. I appreciated getting news about food, music, and local issues along with analysis of the more well-covered stories with geopolitical impacts.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
audible.com | Eileen Gonzalez |John Scalzi |Mur Lafferty |Malka Older
Combining the speculative elements of science fiction with the twists and turns of mystery, these genre-blending listens are purely pause-resistant. Science fiction is all about exploring the unknown while probing universal questions, meeting unusual, possibly duplicitous characters, and navigating surroundings that are either unfamiliar or made to seem so by new circumstances. All of those elements make sci-fi the perfect genre to blend with the winding nature of mysteries and thrillers.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
compiler.news | Malka Older
Fiction by MALKA OLDERIt was a slow ride to Arkhangelsk. It was the dark of the year, so they were piloting on stored energy, and the captain was appropriately cautious. Small wind turbines stood hopefully off the bow, but typically garnered little more than the charge for an occasional hot shower. Not that Leoka begrudged the hot water. It was very cold, and although the current fashion was for people to prefer the chill and rail against the heat, Leoka had never liked winter.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
barnesandnoble.com | Isabelle McConville |Sydney J. Shields |Kimberly Lemming |Malka Older
Cozy Fantasies to Yeet at Your ValentineEveryone wants to feel special on Valentine’s Day (you know you do!). Year after year, hopeful romantics flock to the nearest drugstore to find the perfect mix of chocolates, bears, and perfumed stationery that reflects their valentine to a tee. Rather than dragging your feet to another store and staring at crowded shelves, let us handle this year’s gifts.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
booksofmyheart.net | Malka Older
Review copy was received from NetGalley. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older Published by Tor on February 13, 2024 Genres: Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction Fantasy Pages: 224 Format: eARC Source: NetGalley Goodreads Amazon, Barnes & Noble Mossa has returned to Valdegeld on a missing person’s case, for which she’ll once again need Pleiti’s insight.
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Jan 1, 2024 | 
booklistonline.com | Malka Older
Feb. 2024. 224p. Tor.com, $20.99 (9781250906793); e-book (9781250906809).
REVIEW.
First published January 1, 2024 (Booklist).
Pleiti and Mossa, the erudite heroines of Older’s charming The Mimicking of Known Successes (2023), are back in another cozy sf mystery. Pleiti, a scholar on Giant, is still dealing with the aftermath of confronting a prominent university official when Mossa asks for her help in finding a missing person.
