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Sex for Sale, from Pavement to Penthouse
by Vinicius Grünberg In Recife, the state capital of Pernambuco, in northeastern Brazil, the expansive Atlantic is preceded by an oceanfront boulevard, which on...
India’s Invisible Classrooms
by Uzra Khan: Fifteen-year-old Aarti Gupta (name changed upon request) attends the tenth grade at the well-reputed Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai. Each...
Trafficked and Trapped: Vietnamese Cigarette Sellers in Berlin
by Tobias Kuehne: Names in this article have been altered upon request. “Cigarettes?” The question comes nervously from a hunched, furtive figure, hardly visible...
Paris’s Performance Scene, Aboveground and Below
by Maria Yagoda: For nearly a hundred years, casual tourists and devout Catholics alike have trod the steps of Paris’s iconic Sacré Coeur cathedral, panting...
Cashing in on India’s Luscious Locks
by Erin Biel: Nestled in South India’s Seshachalam Hills lies the famous pilgrimage town of Tirumala. Here the Sri Venkateswara Temple is open for worship and...
Teasing Apart the Web of Sex Trafficking
by Amy Larsen: “Postcards? Book on Pol Pot? Bracelet?” In the ruins of Angkor Wat, two young Cambodian girls hawked their wares with entrepreneurialism beyond...