By David Zucchino—The New York Times—February 10, 2017— FALLUJA, Iraq — Iraqi forces had taken Falluja from the Islamic State months before, and Sabah Rashid was more than ready to return home. But the police warned him not to go. Fleeing Islamic State fighters had rigged bombs all through his south Falluja neighborhood, and these […]
By Sarah Esther Maslin—New Republic—April 11, 2016 El Niño Hollywood was a scrappy preteen, dirt-poor and wide-eyed, when he met Chepe Furia. The 26-year-old, hardened by the Mara Salvatrucha gang on the streets of Los Angeles, had recently returned to El Salvador to build his child army. It was 1994. Furia flashed his shiny truck […]
Three alumni members of our Logan Nonfiction program have continued their collaboration on a piece for The New York Times, published earlier this month. Natalie Lampert wrote the article with reporting assistance from Dana Thomas and photography by Elena Horn. By Natalie Lampert– The New York Times– February 14, 2019 On Saturday evening, a small […]
Join us in congratulating Logan Nonfiction Program alumnus Jefferson Morley on the upcoming publication of his book, “The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton.” Jefferson’s revelatory biography on the longtime chief of counterintelligence will be released on October 24 and is available for pre-order now. Morley worked on “The Ghost” as a fellow in […]
Alumni and leaders of the Carey Institute’s Nonfiction Program, which has hosted more than 30 fellows in residency since its inaugural class arrived in October 2015, have spent the summer months chalking up award nominations, finishing book projects and appearing in local and national media. Nonfiction advisory board member Raney Aronson has finished her first year […]
Works in Progress: Interview with Donna Stefano Donna Stefano (2016) has worked in international development for 20 years in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. She is writing a memoir about her time in Yemen during the 1990s. The inspiring narrative follows a young American who took a position with the United Nations to further her […]
By Nanjala Nyabola—MIT Technology Review—August 22, 2018— In 2007, incumbent Mwai Kibaki won a divisive presidential election in Kenya. Street protests escalated to ethnic violence in parts of the country, and by April 2008 more than 1,500 people had been killed. A decade later, another election also featured widespread allegations of fraud, and more violence. […]
By Raphael Minder—The New York Times—October 2, 2017— BARCELONA, Spain — A day after a referendum on independence for Catalonia that was marred by clashes between supporters and police officers, the Spanish region’s leaders were meeting on Monday to determine how to convert the vote into a state free from the rest of the country. Carles Puigdemont, […]
By Danielle Wolffe—The Nation—June 21, 2017— Decades later, a Supreme Court ruling could give them their freedom. When Machelle Pearson learned last July that her life sentence would be vacated, she sent home a sepia-toned Polaroid of her late mother that she’d kept in a Bible during her 33 years of incarceration. But then her […]