1843 magazine
Crime
Inside the Kenyan cult that starved itself to death
During covid-19 a preacher lured thousands of people into a remote forest. Then he told them to stop eating
Immigration
Houston, Texas: where asylum cases come to die
Some immigration lawyers relish a challenge
Election 2024
Robert F. Kennedy junior doesn’t care if he condemns America to Trump
He’s a tree-hugging conspiracy theorist – and he’s running for president
Health
Would you risk a breakdown to cure baldness?
Thousands of men claim that finasteride has given them devastating and long-lasting side-effects
Gaza
“I’m afraid I will lose my babies”: diary of a pregnant woman in Gaza
Soumaya had planned a perfect start in life for her twins. This is what happened instead
Migration
Djibouti, the port-state squeezed by the Houthis’ Red Sea campaign
While warships protect cargo, migrants trying to reach the Middle East are on their own
Immigration
How a trucker became a deadly people smuggler
Transporting undocumented migrants across America can seem like easy money – until everything goes wrong
Economics
How poor Kenyans became economists’ guinea pigs
Randomised controlled trials have many problems. They may still be the best tool for solving poverty
Afghanistan
Why I opened a secret school for Afghan girls
When the Taliban cracked down on girls’ education, one woman knew what she had to do
Ukraine
The hopes and dreams of Ukraine’s teenage refugees
Photographer Polly Braden has followed the lives of schoolgirls who fled after Russia’s invasion