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An Escape from the Front Line in Ukraine

Sep 22, 2024 | nytimes.com | Sarah A. Topol

Today, The New York Times Magazine published one of the most ambitious stories in its long history - In the story, the officer - identified by a pseudonym, Ivan - feigns a serious back injury to escape the front in Ukraine and eventually defect. He uses a cane to make that story convincing. Now, he must retrieve his passport, which is locked with other officers' passports in the H.R. office of his base in Russia. Each passport has a paper slip in it, logging various personal details.
The Sunday Read: ‘The America That Americans Forget’

Jul 30, 2023 | nytimes.com | Sarah A. Topol |Adrienne Hurst |Aaron Esposito |John Woo

By Sarah A. TopolProduced by Adrienne Hurst and Aaron EspositoEdited by John WooOriginal music by Aaron EspositoEngineered by Dan Farrell and Steven SzczesniakListen and follow The DailyApple Podcasts | Spotify | StitcherOn the weekends, when Roy Gamboa was a little boy, his grandfather would wake him before dawn. He would pour some coffee into a bowl of rice, and that would be the boy’s breakfast.
The America That Americans Forget

Jul 7, 2023 | asiatoday.co | Sarah A. Topol |Glenna Gordon

Debate over the exploitative nature of America’s founding historical past and the nation’s habits abroad at the moment are frequent within the U.S. public discourse, however there isn’t any point out of Guam and the vestiges of American empire that proceed within the Pacific. Biden’s new Pacific Technique claimed to be constructed to defend sovereignty and freedom, but its fulcrum was the least enfranchised place within the nation.
The America That Americans Forget

Jul 7, 2023 | nytimes.com | Sarah A. Topol |Glenna Gordon

Magazine|The America That Americans Forgethttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/magazine/guam-american-military.htmlOn the weekends, when Roy Gamboa was a little boy, his grandfather woke him before dawn. He would pour some coffee into a bowl of rice, and that would be the boy’s breakfast. Roy knew better than to question anything; he sat quietly in his grandfather’s truck as they rumbled down the big hill from their village, Hågat, to Big Navy, as the U.S. Naval Base in Guam is known.