Robuta

In international waters between the African and European coasts, an almost daily battle occurs

Sep 23, 2024 - A global scourge, sea slavery is something most people do not realize exists. Why does it persist?

Sep 1, 2022 - Ever since I was a kid, it’s been difficult for me to shake the anxiety that comes with sharing in front of a group of people. Activities like reading aloud...

Ian Urbina heads off to the coast of England aboard Sealand, a rogue micronation founded by a quixotic adventurer on an abandoned anti-aircraft platform in 1967

Aug 23, 2022 - After a whirlwind 24 hours in Chicago, Maya and I hopped on a flight to Boston in true “plane, next place, no sleep” spirit. We wouldn’t have had it any...

Nov 18, 2025 - Trans troops sue Trump, an ICE-linked sheriff is ousted, faith groups defend libraries, and bishops speak out for immigrants.

Sep 23, 2024 - What product is virtually eaten by everyone without realizing it and is part of an industry that was meant to slow down the seas from running out of fish but...

Aug 25, 2022 - Howdy, y’all! Our incredible visit to Boston was scheduled to be followed by a stop in the Big D! The sprawling metropolis of Dallas, Texas is home to two of...

Examples of Design Fiction

This week’s episode investigates how some luxury cruise ships routinely use Magic Pipes to get rid of toxic waste below the water line, and how they...

Jun 4, 2015 - Upon leaving her cabin in the woods, Alexis Coe realizes that not finding the answer to what you're looking for is sometimes just as good as finding it.

Our science journalists reported on the Stand Up for Science rallies held in New York City and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Sep 23, 2024 - Who gets to decide what happens on the floor of the oceans?

Sep 22, 2024 - Why is the EU building a wall across the Mediterranean sea?

Sep 14, 2022 - “Always take Fountain.” – Bette Davis I grew up a very long way from Los Angeles and, to be honest, the city has always been overwhelming for me.  But...

For over 20 years, one woman has taken advantage of the legal loophole provided by the legal murkiness of international waters to administer abortions to women...

Feb 19, 2026

Nov 21, 2025 - Jefferies Healthcare Conference in London sees strong attendance. GSK announces LTZ deal, Alkermes ups Avadel bid, Light Chain defends CD47 approach, Vesper...

Apr 11, 2024 - This was a disaster without a name. For weeks, I couldn’t tell really what to call it– “relief area”? “Flood zone”? It took...

Follow the sights and sounds through our dispatches of what's happening as the Miami Hurricanes compete in the College Football Playoff.

Jan 20, 2025 - The newly released book Unit 29: Writings from Parchman Prison features a wide range of poetry, prose, and artwork from Mississippi lockdown

Apr 4, 2025 - What does it mean to be a writer in times of political and moral crisis? We asked 7 writers to ruminate on their experiences. Read more!

Sep 23, 2024 - Why is the largest illegal fishing fleet ever discovered causing dead bodies to wash ashore in Japan?

Jan 17, 2025 - Why is it sometimes unclear at sea what the difference is between an arrest and a hostage taking?

RRA 1.7 lets you associate ray dispatch data from DirectX®12 and Vulkan® applications with a user-defined string called a user marker.

Sep 23, 2024 - A 10-minute slow-motion slaughter captured on a cellphone shows men floating in the ocean, shot and killed. Who did it and why is no government willing to...

Nov 25, 2025 - Through its network of pantries, Feeding America Riverside and San Bernardino Counties feeds an estimated 300,000 residents each month.

Oct 4, 2025 - In the inaugural edition of Game Developer's bi-monthly newsletter we discuss the healing power of experimental video games and dissect the biggest headlines...

Sep 23, 2024 - How have the high seas become a safe haven for women seeking to have an abortion?

Ian Urbina investigates the impact of fishmeal factories and foreign trawlers in West Africa, exposing how a fifth of all marine life pulled from the sea ends...

Oct 30, 2025 - What does the future hold for the people of Afghanistan in the wake of America’s withdrawal and the Taliban’s return to power?

Ian Urbina takes viewers onboard roach and rat-infested ships on the South China Sea to explore how overfishing has given rise to trans-shipment,...

Nov 15, 2025 - After a commanding 6-2, 6-4 victory over Félix Auger-Aliassime in his best match of the week, Carlos Alcaraz will play his first ATP...

Sep 23, 2024 - Does the tiny floating nation of Sealand actually exist?

Ian Urbina heads to Somalia to understand what happens in the murky world of floating armories, mercenaries and pirates, exploring why offshore crime is so...

Sep 23, 2024 - What is the dark art of a Magic Pipe?

Tenants narrate their struggles for housing justice as the catastrophes of COVID-19, precarity, and racist police violence converge.

Ian Urbina investigates the phenomenon of dead bodies washing up on Japan’s shores

Sep 4, 2025 - On a recent trip to the Syrian capital, Atlantic Council experts took note of how far the country has come since the Assad regime’s fall and what still needs...

Oct 7, 2025 - Who are MSF Canada STAFF ON ASSIGNMENT? At any given moment, there are more than a hundred people working abroadRead More...

In a rare piece of good news in Europe’s migrant crisis, Portugal and Norway are opening their doors to thousands of asylum seekers. Other countries should...

Oct 29, 2025 - For fifty years philosopher and activist Bernard-Henri Lévy has reported on the world’s most urgent and overlooked humanitarian crises and human rights...

The high seas are a lawless frontier where crimes such as murder, slavery, and environmental destruction are often met with impunity and overlooked by the...

Aug 15, 2022 - New York City: unofficial capital of the world, main office of Born This Way Foundation, and birthplace of our co-founder Lady Gaga. What better city to...

Ian Urbina joins Greenpeace in their race against time to locate and protect a fragile coral reef near the mouth of the Amazon River before government-approved...

Aug 31, 2022 - Hope is the belief that despite the challenges that may lie ahead, we can make the seemingly impossible possible. To have hope is not a denial of reality but...

Jul 21, 2025

Sep 1, 2022 - In 2018, the late, great American politician and Civil Rights Activist, John Lewis tweeted the following statement. “Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be...

Feb 12, 2024 - Capturing the mood and ethos of the National Conservatism Conference up-close

In this first episode of "Dispatches from The Outlaw Ocean," a gruesome video turns up on a cell phone, abandoned in the back of a taxi. Four men...

Dec 25, 2025 - It's a tradition like no other. While much of the country closes up for Christmas Day, business booms in Manhattan's Chinatown on the holiday.

Aug 15, 2022 - “So which tour stop are you most exci–” “TORONTO.” I told Maya a few months ago without missing a beat, following up with why it might just be my...

Aug 8, 2025 - As the federal government quietly dismantles key scientific institutions, Holden Harris writes from the front lines of a vanishing public service. His essay...

We accompany Ian Urbina on a routine maritime border patrol which rapidly takes a turn for the worse

Dec 17, 2025 - Varanasi: Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi, has strengthened India’s global standing in railway manufacturing by dispatching the sixth indigenously...

Rescuers in Sri Lanka on Monday scrambled to clear roads and deliver aid to more than half a million people affected by Cyclone Ditwah. The cyclone, which...

According to Russia’s Ministry of Defense 300 troops from Ukraine’s 22nd Mechanized Brigade, supported by 11 tanks and over 20 armored vehicles, attacked...

Oct 5, 2022 - When we named the Kindness in Community Fund (click here to meet them!), I thought I was being clever. The team at Born This Way Foundation gets a kick out of...