Mara Wilson

1/ Two days before Christmas in 2017, Edwidge Danticat was caught up in a mass shooting hoax at a Florida mall. She reflects on the event—and on violence and nourishment in America—in this essay, “This Is My Body”: thedial.world/articles/liter…

1/ Our latest issue, “America,” explores how the U.S. presidential election affects the rest of the world, and the many ways the U.S. shapes political and cultural debates beyond its borders. thedial.world/issue-21

.@EduardHabsburg, the great-great-great grandson of Emperor Franz Joseph, has some tips for your love life. For @thedialmag, I wrote about self-help, postliberalism, princely populism, vacuous history, and making lots and lots of babies thedial.world/articles/news/…

10/ From Turkey, Kaya Genç tells the story of an indebted banker who convinced players, coaches, and translators of Istanbul's Galatasaray soccer club to invest tens of millions of dollars into a “special fund.” Most of that money was lost. thedial.world/issue-18/galat…

Calling all writers! We're accepting pitches for three issues coming out this fall: "America" (October), "Language" (November) and "Deadlines" (December). Not sure what we're looking for? You can find our pitch guide here: docs.google.com/document/d/1XY…

1/ Since President Javier Milei took office, Argentina’s economy has fallen apart. What does life in a plummeting economy look like? Photographer Sebastián López Brach & reporter @luciacholakian document how Argentines are adjusting to Milei’s new policies thedial.world/issue-14/photo…

1/ In 2017, El Salvador became the first country to ban metal mining—a practice that posed an existential threat to Salvadoran’s clean water supply. Seven years later, President Nayib Bukele seems set on bringing extraction back, Danielle Mackey reports. thedial.world/issue-14/gold-…

1/ They say that money makes the world go round. It exerts a propulsive and destructive force: it can make lives and ruin them, build states and tear them down. Our next issue, out today, is devoted to exploring how Money shapes our lives. thedial.world/issue-14

1/ Dictators have always known that the quickest way to stifle dissenters is to make them disappear. This week, we bring you a special project about survivors and victims of enforced disappearances around the world. thedial.world/enforced-disap…

1/ “Order” is a word that seems to always demand a modifier: much ink is spilled over the current “world order,” “neoliberal order,” and the like. This month, we explore order of power & politics, past & present, and chronicle their effects on the ground: thedial.world/issue-13

We're looking for an editor to join our small, mighty team!! Explore our work: thedial.world/past-issues

1/ Global shipping is essential to sustaining an interconnected world. Yet the movement of ships, cargo, and capital is far from seamless. On a cargo ship traveling from Fos-sur-Mer to Dubai, Jatin Dua reports on the politics of maritime chokepoints: thedial.world/issue-11/globa…

1/ Today, fakes routinely masquerade as facts, and the public is left to discern the difference. The pieces in our November issue offer unexpected perspectives on the rampant fakery of our times: thedial.world/issue-10

At The Dial, we publish ambitious reporting and writing. But we also love stories on the juicier side, especially when it has to do with bad actors worldwide. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest in international scandal in your inbox: world.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=fa…

Illuminating piece from @JustinSalhani for @thedialmag about Syria's role in the proliferation of captagon, an amphetamine-like drug sweeping the Middle East, and how it's influenced geopolitics: thedial.world/issue-8/captag…

Today at 7:30pm CEST and 1:30pm EDT, join @thedialmag Editor-in-Chief @mmschwartz for a conversation with @FbdnStories about journalism under siege at @amerlibparis. Sign up here to watch online: americanlibraryinparis.org/event/forbidde…

Drugs are more prevalent than ever: International drug use is up, and drug-related violence continues unabated. Why? What happens next? The pieces in our latest issue, out this month, seek to answer these questions: thedial.world/issue-8

Summer is for taking a step back from daily life, enjoying the days that seem to linger longer than they should. This August we bring you our Fiction issue, a collection of short stories, poetry, and essays to supplement your summer reading: thedial.world/issue-7

What will happen to Paris when (not if!) the Seine floods? @mmschwartz(!!!!) reports for @thedialmag: thedial.world/issue-6/france…

Norway is known for its salmon, but the new practice of salmon farming has a complicated reputation. In the latest story for our Rivers issue, Norwegian journalist @SimenSaetre investigates what aquaculture has done to the country’s literature: thedial.world/issue-6/salmon…