# **On the Move: Why the Migrant Conversation is Everywhere Right Now** If you’ve been online in the past few months, you’ve probably stumbled upon the word “migrant” more times than you’ve seen a cat video. But why is this topic suddenly everywhere? From social media debates to political rallies, the conversation around migration is…
Amad Diallo: The 20-Year-Old Who Outran Global Sanctions, Viral Outrage, and a Congested Right Wing By Our Correspondent Who Once Lost a Passport in Abidjan Abidjan, Ivory Coast — In the grand geopolitical casino, where chips are oil, microchips, and occasionally footballers, Amad Diallo just hit a small but instructive jackpot. On a humid Thursday…
Tucson Weather: A Sonoran Punchline to the Planet’s Existential Joke By Diego S. Vargas, International Desk, Dave’s Locker TUCSON—Somewhere between a sun-bleached Chuck E. Cheese and a climate-science PowerPoint, Tucson, Arizona, is busy rehearsing tomorrow’s weather forecast: 104°F, zero percent chance of rain, and a UV index that could tan a vampire through three layers…
The word “barca” has always traveled better than its boats. In the Mediterranean it’s a humble fishing skiff; in Bucharest it’s a derelict tram line; in global finance it’s the leveraged buy-out formerly known as FC Barcelona; and in the collective imagination it is whatever vessel we need to escape today’s headlines. From the Bosporus…
Toluca vs Puebla: When Two Mexican Towns Turn a Soccer Rivalry into a Global Parable of Inflation, Emigration, and Existential Despair By the time the whistle blew last Saturday night, Estadio Nemesio Diez looked less like a football ground and more like a Hieronymus Bosch painting sponsored by Coca-Cola. Smoke from illicit flares mingled with…
Honduras: The Little Republic That Couldn’t Catch a Break By Dave’s Locker International Desk (with a stiff cup of contraband coffee) If global geopolitics were a dinner party, Honduras would be the guest who arrives early, helps set the table, and still gets seated next to the drunk uncle who keeps spilling merlot on the…
