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From the Field

Dec 22, 2020

Hopes are high that President-elect Joe Biden can do something to repair four years of isolationism and confrontation with America’s closest allies. But it won’t be easy. The award-winning journalist and ICWA fellow Suzy Hansen joins Dan to discuss how the world is a different place than it was in 2016, when many...


Nov 16, 2020

Three decades after Latin America's worst massacre in living memory, El Salvador still hasn't confronted the truth about what exactly happened. San Salvador-based fellow Elizabeth Hawkins talks to Dan about how a drawn-out legal battle over that troubling history is exposing the fragility of the country’s...


Sep 25, 2020

Currently the world’s second-worst coronavirus hotspot, India is facing serious economic trouble as wide swaths of society feel the pain from the pandemic lockdown. New Delhi-based fellow Astha Rajvanshi talks to Dan about some of the hardest-hit: working women seeking financial independence and middle-class Indians...


Aug 19, 2020

Long-distance travel is out of the picture for many Europeans, so they’re choosing to stay closer to home—whether in their own countries or just across the border. Berlin-based ICWA fellow Emily Schultheis talks to Dan about her experience traveling around a continent that's adjusting to life under the pandemic as...


Jul 7, 2020

Last fall, widespread protests erupted across Lebanon over an unraveling economy and chronic political mismanagement. Then came the novel coronavirus. Now, the currency is collapsing, fueling anger against the ruling elite that cuts through traditional sectarian divides. Dan talks to David Kenner in Beirut about...