Joyce Hackel
PRI
Boston, MA, United States
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Putin's Cold War mentality explains a lot
Has the White House been meddling in Moscow? Here's a view from on the ground in Russian. → Read More
Kenyans mourn the loss of a wildlife advocate and leading ivory trade investigator
Kenyans investigate the murder of Esmond Bradley Martin, a conservationist who took immense risks to expose the ivory trade. → Read More
#MeToo echoes through play about Nigeria: ‘I am a force, a tidal wave, and I won’t hide’
Nigerian playwright Ifeoma Fafunwa tells stories of sexual harassment. But her latest work puts the onus on women to fight their oppressors. → Read More
Madeleine Albright: 'Many of the best diplomats are women'
Does gender play a role in the art of diplomacy? A discussion with Madeleine Albright and Wendy Sherman on gender, diplomacy and the Trump administration. → Read More
Scholar Calestous Juma leaves behind a legacy of 'leapfrog' technology
The Kenya-born Harvard scholar Calestous Juma saw innovations and opportunities bubbling up in African economies where others saw only poverty and despair. → Read More
As hurricane recovery continues, Puerto Rico prepares for Christmas
Most Puerto Ricans don't have a Christmas tree or ingredients for their favorite holiday dishes this year. But many are determined to mark the holiday in high spirits. → Read More
At a year-end press conference, a handful of journalists try to hold Putin accountable
Vladimir Putin's end-of-year presser lasted nearly four hours, and included a few moments of drama. → Read More
Alabama's deep racial divisions increasingly plague the rest of America
The sense of siege that many angry white voters have felt in Alabama is now more common across the United States. → Read More
Poland's government fines a US-owned TV broadcaster
Poland's media regulator hit TVN24, a private, US-owned news station, with a $400,000 fine Monday over its coverage of an anti-government protest last year. → Read More
In hurricane aftermath, Puerto Ricans get impatient with shortages
Puerto Ricans' tolerance for the post-hurricane lifestyle is running thin — and you can even see it in people's driving habits. → Read More
At the epicenter of the Russian election manipulation story, reporters can't report
The continuing investigation into Russian manipulation of the US election has helped fuel a media spat between the two countries. → Read More
Migrants desperate to flee Libya's detention camps are being turned back at sea
Refugees crammed onto rickety boats for the trip from Libya to Italy are increasingly being intercepted and sent back to Libya. → Read More
Exiled Zimbabwean musician wonders if it's safe to go home
Musician Thomas Mapfumo made no secret of his disdain for Zimbabwe's deposed leader. → Read More
A trove of leaked documents reveal how the wealthy stash their cash overseas
First, it was the Panama Papers. Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Frederik Obermaier and his colleague reveal the Paradise Papers, an exposé of the offshore activities of some of the world's wealthiest people and companies. → Read More
British volunteers in Syria took on ISIS. Now they face possible arrest back home.
Macer Gifford gave up a career in London as a currency trader to fight ISIS with Kurdish troops in Syria. He's uncertain what will happen if he heads back to Britain. → Read More
MacArthur grant winner studies the things left behind at the US-Mexico border
The objects left behind in the desert — bloody socks, diaper bags and water bottles — give Americans a deeper understanding of who immigrants are. → Read More
Meet the Nobel Laureate who detected ripples in the fabric of space and time
Weiss and colleagues dreamed up the idea behind a massive antenna so sensitive it detects faint, invisible ripples in space from 1.3 billion years ago - offering evidence of Einstein's theory of general relativity. → Read More
Many countries have a simple, fair tax system. Could the US be next?
The US tax code is notoriously dysfunctional. Meanwhile, countries from New Zealand to Estonia have devised equitable, effective tax structures. → Read More
What happens if Trump decides to launch a nuclear weapon, and his advisers disagree?
What happens if the US starts to stumble toward nuclear war? → Read More
Eat, pray, admit you're from an empire
Author Suzy Hansen didn't think she was naive about America. Then she moved to Turkey and realized what she'd missed. → Read More