The business of second-hand clothing is booming
Second-hand fashion, once relegated to charity shops, is now in style. Vestiaire Collective, a luxury resale site, featured i...
The election in Tajikistan is unlikely to be democratic
On March 2nd Tajiks will vote in a general election. The exercise is unlikely to be a democratic process; rather, it will pro...
The matadors’ last stand in Colombia
Bullfighting, like boxing, once offered young men a path out of poverty. Take César Rincón, Colombia’s champion matador. From...
The sea is swallowing an African island
Standing on the shores of Nyangai, a small island off the coast of Sierra Leone, Melvin Kargbo points to his old football fie...
The smiling new face of German big business
GERMANS ARE a brooding bunch. After all, their language gave the world “angst”. After five years of trouble some may even be ...
To make their numbers work, Republicans must slash health spending
STEPHEN NOYES has heard a new worry from his patients and parishioners. Both a therapist and the local deacon, he is counsell...
Why are live albums back in fashion?
The Cure.Dua Lipa. Ed Sheeran. Iggy Pop. Interpol. Katie Melua. Niall Horan. The National. On the face of it, these musical a...
Zyn is giving investors a buzz—for now
When tucked between lip and gum, a small white pouch of Zyn is intended to give the user a pleasant nicotine hit. Its maker i...
Who works where, doing what, in China
China’s tech bros, including Jack Ma of Alibaba and Liang Wenfeng of DeepSeek, stole all the attention at the high-profile sy...
India has undermined a popular myth about development
Thirty years ago Siddharth Dube, a writer, visited a small village in northern India near the site of a historic peasants’ re...