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The True Price of Sportswear — The Dial Workers at an athletic apparel factory in Lesotho that make clothes for Reebok, The Greg Norman Company, and others allege assault, humiliation, intimidation, and bullying.

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The True Price of Sportswear exposes abuse faced by female factory workers in Lesotho, from bullying to assault, and pressure to lie to inspectors.
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Letters from Inside Iran's Evin Prison — The Dial Five Iranian women, all human rights activists, write of life behind bars.

On Monday, Israel struck Iran’s Evin prison, known for the intellectuals, activists, artists and students who have served time there—many of whom are fighting for democracy. In 2024, we published five Iranian women’s accounts of their life behind bars in Evin. www.thedial.world/articles/new...

Under Supervision — The Dial Transgender people in China — no matter their age — require parental consent to transition.

From China, Lavender Au reports on a government policy that makes gender transitions near impossible for many: to have surgery, a person needs parental consent, no matter their age. www.thedial.world/articles/new...

BBC World Service - Weekend A review of the week with the latest news.

I’ll be on the BBC World Service this morning with @dhnnjyn.bsky.social from 7:30 to 10 am Paris time. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p.... Tune in!

BBC World Service - Weekend A review of the week with the latest news.

After a 5 year absence and despite the very early start, I am looking forward to being back on #Weekend BBC World Service tomorrow. I'll be with @mmschwartz.bsky.social & the wonderful Julian Worricker discussing world news from 0630-0900 GMT Saturday

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Livonian and Latgalian Poetry — The Dial Poems from two threatened languages in Latvia.

1/ This month, we’ve published translations of poems from Latgalian and Livonian: “Marija, what city do you live in” by Marija Dzeisla and “The Rich Seashore” by Kõrli Stalte. We also asked Will Mawhood to tell us about the history of these two threatened languages: www.thedial.world/articles/lit...

I’m at a decadent house in Damascus, people here said it was one of Assad’s residences. People are picking the kumquats from the garden in the front yard and exclaiming how delicious they are.

🙏 Madeleine Schwartz for reposting - this is an AMAZING piece, for anyone interested in sound.... I can't recommend it highly enough - please take a few minutes and dive in....

The Quest to Restore Notre Dame’s Glorious Sound (Gift Article) In Paris, experts are modeling ways to revive the burned cathedral’s centuries-old acoustics. A Times interactive shows how space can affect what we hear.

Ahead of Notre Dame's reopening, here is my piece from last year on the cathedral's unique sound www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Talked about what's happening in FRANCE for my hometown paper (The Dial)

On Nietzsche Mountain — The Dial Notes from the annual Nietzsche colloquium in Switzerland.

Why do people trek to Sils Maria, in the Swiss Alps, to discuss Nietzsche every year? @tanroet.bsky.social went to find out

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Thank you! I have retweeted your correction.

I just realized I wasn't yet following you on Bluesky. Now that's rectified, let me repeat what I pointed out on X: Adam Nossiter's NYT article yesterday included this info. I only just read it this morning so it was fresh in my mind.

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen goes on trial in much-awaited EU embezzlement case The political stakes are high for Marine Le Pen as the French far-right leader and other party officials went on trial Monday for allegedly embezzling EU funds. The much-awaited trial could upend the…

Missing from all the anglo coverage of the French political crisis: Marine Le Pen is on the offensive because she and her party are on trial in a huge embezzlement case. If she loses, she may not be able to run for office again. www.france24.com/en/france/20...

“You Don’t Have an Age” — The Dial Medical exams to determine the age of asylum seekers are putting minors at risk.

1/ Across Europe, border authorities frequently examine young asylum seekers to determine their age. @willcoldwell.bsky.social reports on the inaccuracies of these medical assessments, and how they put minors at risk. www.thedial.world/articles/new...

“You Don’t Have an Age” — The Dial Medical exams to determine the age of asylum seekers are putting minors at risk.

Across Europe, unreliable medical exams are being used to determine the age – and fate – of young asylum seekers.

For the @thedialmag.bsky.social, I reported on the way that age assessments are putting vulnerable children at risk of harm

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As I'm holding my breath for a ceasefire on the Lebanese Israeli border, I'm thinking a lot about the term "war of attrition". When did we know that this would become such a war? This is from my conversation with Linda Kinstler, published Oct 26, 2023:
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Pitch Guide Pitching The Dial The Dial is a new online magazine of culture, politics, and ideas with a focus on locally sourced writing from around the world. We welcome pitches for original reporting, pieces of ...

Calling all writers and reporters: The Dial is looking for original writing, reporting, fiction and poetry from beyond the United States. Read our pitch guide for more information. We can’t wait to hear from you! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We created The Dial in 2023 to make space for daring writing unconstrained by geography. We do not have staff writers. Rather each issue brings stories from writers on the ground, all over the world. Follow our contributors and editors here: go.bsky.app/LuyCLzJ

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The Dial - Past Issues Archive of all issues.

Every month The Dial releases a new issue, each with a distinct theme, such as Debt or Shipwrecks or Spies. Our reporting and writing is topical, but not pegged to the day’s news, and comes from countries all over the world. Check out all of our past issues here: www.thedial.world/past-issues

The Dial The Dial is an online magazine of culture, politics, and ideas with a focus on locally sourced writing from around the world.

This month, we publish our “Language” issue. In it, we interrogate the possibilities and limits of language. What happens when a community can no longer tell its stories? Can technology protect endangered languages? What does it mean to be fluent? www.thedial.world/issue-22

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AI Won’t Save Endangered Languages — The Dial Combinations of characters on a screen mean nothing without agency and intention.

Will AI "save" endangered languages? Absolutely not, writes Ross Perlin: www.thedial.world/articles/new...

The Return of Trump—IV | Paisley Currah, Trevor Jackson, Kim Phillips-Fein, Ian Frazier, Adam Gaffney, Madeleine Schwartz Paisley Currah • Trevor Jackson • Kim Phillips-Fein • Ian Frazier • Adam Gaffney • Madeleine Schwartz Paisley Currah This is what Donald Trump could do to

Trevor Jackson, @paisleycurrah.bsky.social, Kim Phillips-Fein, Ian Frazier, @awgaffney.bsky.social, and @mmschwartz.bsky.social on burnout, hell, billionaires, health care, the specter of the limousine liberal, and the anti-trans agenda

Madeleine Schwartz · I don’t know what it looks like: Brutalist Paris Although they were designed to elevate the periphery by decentring the city, the villes nouvelles achieved the opposite...

Madeleine Schwartz on Paris’s purposefully forgotten Brutalist legacy:

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A crackdown against journalism worldwide means that more reporters than ever do their work from exile. How do you report on a country you can no longer see? The Dial has collected testimonies from 5 journalists reporting from outside their home countries. www.thedial.world/issue-9/jour...