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Congo’s Implosion — The Dial

1 month ago | thedial.world | Emmet Livingstone

Squeezed into a 7-mile space separating an active volcano and the shores of Lake Kivu, Goma is the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. There are wide avenues with nightclubs and hotels in the center, which lies on the border with neighboring Rwanda. Further out, the city gives way to busy markets and, further still, tin shacks and clinker board houses built on jagged volcanic rock.
Blocking the Clinics — The Dial

1 month ago | thedial.world | Anita Pouchard Serra |Natalie Alcoba

The woman I met at the abortion rights rally outside a hospital on the outskirts of Buenos Aires was apprehensive. She had lost her job in the health ministry in early 2024, as part of a wave of government layoffs instigated by the newly elected Argentina president, Javier Milei. She was reinstated a few months later but advised to keep a low profile — no more speaking to the press over reproductive rights.
Arms Race in Munich — The Dial

1 month ago | thedial.world | Caitlin L Chandler

As the conference proceeded, I heard more European defense leaders remark that they hoped they had finally gotten the push from the Americans they needed to militarize. “Can Europe get its shit together?” a delegate asked. For Oliver Stuenkel, a political scientist currently based at Harvard’s Kennedy School, it might not be possible.
Threats, Raids and Potlucks — The Dial

2 months ago | thedial.world | Damisola Sulaiman

Nonprofit organizations across Nigeria provide support to LGBTQ+ communities, but they are dangerous to run and forced to operate underground. Under the 2014 law, registering, operating or joining gay clubs, societies and organizations is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Organizations are typically only investigated when anti-LGBTQ+ whistleblowers inform the police directly because Nigeria’s law enforcement is under-resourced, but the risk of exposure and prosecution is ever-present.
Faulty Construction — The Dial

2 months ago | thedial.world | Emily Wither

The Isias Grand was one of the most luxurious hotels in Adıyman. But it fell far below building safety standards. A 150-page technical report presented in court detailed several faults in the hotel’s construction. Poor-quality concrete had been mixed with sand and gravel from a local river. There was no ground survey report, and the building contravened the permissions in its original permit when it was built in 1993.
“The Dissenters,” by Youssef Rakha — The Dial

2 months ago | thedial.world | Youssef Rakha

⁂Later, four years after the revolution when it is over and I am ready to move along, I recall that it was Mouna who drew my attention to the Jumpers. At first it was professional interest that drove me: a reporter on the trail of a scoop. But it soon felt like something much bigger, much more personal than journalism could ever be:Women of all ages and circumstances stepping over windowsills and leaping across balustrades, unaccountably killing themselves in the thick of protests and lies.
What Do We Owe the Dead? — The Dial

2 months ago | thedial.world | Tyler McBrien

In 2020, Tishiko King returned to her native Masig Island in Australia’s Torres Strait to survey the damage wrought by climate change. In the 20 years since she had last visited, warming waters had diminished traditional fishing grounds and made life hard for the indigenous people of the Kulkalgal nation who lived there. Rising sea levels also threatened the home of future generations. But King’s homecoming forced her to confront how the climate crisis had ravaged another group: the dead.
What Do We Owe the Dead? — The Dial

2 months ago | thedial.world | Tyler McBrien

In 2020, Tishiko King returned to her native Masig Island in Australia’s Torres Strait to survey the damage wrought by climate change. In the 20 years since she last lived there, warming waters had diminished traditional fishing grounds and made life hard for indigenous Kulkalaig. Rising sea levels also threatened the home of future generations. But King’s homecoming forced her to confront how the climate crisis had ravaged another group: the dead.
Crashing Trump’s ‘Multicultural’ Inauguration Ball — The Dial

Jan 24, 2025 | thedial.world | Amanda Sperber

I thought the entrance of the Arbor Ballroom at the headquarters of The Washington Times, a right-leaning newspaper, would feel like an airport. But it is easy to get into the Multicultural Coalition U.S. Presidential Inaugural Ball in honor of President Donald Trump.
Under Supervision — The Dial

Jan 23, 2025 | thedial.world | Lavender Au

Kevin Lee’s father used to grunt in affirmation if someone asked if Lee was a girl. He did the same if someone asked if Lee was a boy. Growing up in the 1980s in Guiyang in southwestern China, Lee was relatively withdrawn, in part because he didn’t know what gender he was. He was less sensitive than the girls, he said. But he looked different than the boys. Lee came out to his parents when they asked him about dating. He said he wasn’t interested in dating men and that he saw himself as male.