Art in Jeopardy
To show art only to the peoples whose antecedents made it is to deprive the world of its variety and its collective history. The history of culture is catholic and international, ...
May 2025
Articles by Andrew Solomon: International Reporting
Jul 2019
Points of Entry: Writers on the Border
There is no greater cruelty than to deprive a parent of his or her child.
Dec 2016
Sri Lanka Is Ready for Its Close-Up
Just a few short years after the end of its brutal civil war, Sri Lanka--with its rambling temple ruins, leafy tea plantations, and wide golden beaches--is bursting with ...
Oct 2016
Travel must be available for all to counter the closed-mindedness of Brexit
I believe that we should consider travel not a superfluity only for those with cash and leisure, but a part of every good citizen’s rights and responsibilities.
Sep 2016
Against the Wall
How have walls come to be so popular in a time when globalism would seem to be knocking down walls?
Jun 2016
A Perilous Nationalism at Brexit
It is an ostrich point of view not wholly unfamiliar in America: by refusing to look at the rest of the globe, one forestalls seeing oneself.
May 2016
Travel as the Antidote to Xenophobia
The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world.
Nov 2014
Myanmar’s Moment
Myanmar boasts a fierce, proud, and kind population who will go to almost any lengths to make you feel welcome.
Jul 2014
Gay, Jewish, Mentally Ill, and a Sponsor of Gypsies in Romania
The author returns to Romania, whence his grandparents fled pogroms and poverty.
May 2014
The Stolen Generations
The fact that so many Indigenous children continue to be taken into care is deeply concerning – but there are no simple answers.
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