1843 magazine
Mountaineering
Will climbers have to brave Everest without Sherpas?
Mountain work can be well paid by Nepali standards but traditional guides are finding it less attractive
Reparations
The slavery heirs who went on an apology tour
Their ancestor was one of Britain’s biggest slave-owners. So they came to the Caribbean to say sorry
Letter from Stockholm
Sweden’s polite war with Elon Musk
Unions are cheerfully preparing to fight Tesla for 538 years
Ukraine
On patrol with the Ukrainian army’s drone hunters
Mobile air-defence units have just a few minutes’ notice to shoot down deadly weapons
US election
Ron DeSantis takes his last gasps in Iowa
Now Trump looks unbeatable, the state’s usual election-year electricity is absent
Russia
Gucci is cheap and eggs are pricey in Russia’s surreal economy
War spending has Russians partying like it’s 2021. But some are also stockpiling dollars
War
Nagorno-Karabakh, the republic that disappeared overnight
It had been clinging on to its self-proclaimed status in the face of Azerbaijan’s aggression. Then, over a week, the entire population fled
US election
Cornel West’s quixotic presidential bid holds dangers for Joe Biden
He’s not going to win, but his long record of pro-Palestinian activism might attract left-leaning Dems – if he can get on the ballot
Pakistan
Afghans fled the Taliban in droves. Now Pakistan wants to send them back
Omid has been living in Pakistan without a formal permit. The police are trying to push him out
Journalism
When the New York Times lost its way
America’s media should do more to equip readers to think for themselves
Argentina
The secret police killed his parents. Then one of them adopted him
Argentines orphaned decades ago by a murderous junta are learning who their real parents were
China
Give us our homes! The angry victims of China’s property crisis
Millions of people are waiting for homes that may never be built