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CULTURAL DIFFERENCES:  The number of styles is almost endless, as are the signals they send, in a society that very much judges a woman on what she wears.   More »

FEATURE: LONG FORM:  Listening to South Korean radio is considered a grave offense in North Korea - a crime worse than murder.  More »

IDENTITY AND TRAVEL:  “I came because … I’m a feminist … and I believe that men and women are equal.”  More »

IDENTITY AND TRAVEL:   I was being welcomed back home…for the first time.   More »

SOUTH AFRICA:  “You are the first white man I’ve ever met that says, ‘Yes, I will live in an informal settlement with you people.”   More »

FEATURE: LONG FORM:  Two dozen countries, perhaps a million miles, and here I am. I am thirty-two years old. I am married. I have a two-year-old son, and I am eight months pregnant.  More »

ETHICAL DILEMMA:  Growing up, the only knowledge I had of North Korea came from a paperback chapter book about a girl who fled from Pyongyang by crawling under a barbed-wire fence.  More »

UGANDA:  Not even a minute after the request, I handed him the money.  More »

SYRIA:  Taking cultural refuge in running in a place where athletics are not for women.   More »