Megan Alpert

Megan Alpert is a fellow at Foreign Policy. Her previous bylines have included The Guardian, Guernica Daily, and Earth Island Journal. She is an Orlando Poetry Prize winner, a former resident-fellow at Vermont Studio Center, and a graduate of The Bennington Writing Seminars.

Dispatch

Politics Roils Colombia’s Tentative Peace Deal With the FARC

As the government of Juan Manuel Santos looks to finalize a peace deal — four years in the making — with rebels, opponents are trying to rip it to shreds.

Passport

Mapped: Killings of Environmental Defenders Surged in 2015

Almost 40 percent of those killed were indigenous people like Berta Cáceres.

Passport

Medical Journal: Lack of Health Care Has ‘Alarming Consequences’ for Transgender People

A landmark series of papers called for better health care for transgender people worldwide.

Passport

Black Market Avocados Flood Into New Zealand’s Sandwich and Sushi Shops

High prices and a short supply have led to an avocado crime wave in New Zealand.

Passport

Report: Norway Now Kills More Whales Than Japan and Iceland Combined

While anti-whaling activists have focused on Japan and Iceland, Norway has outstripped both countries in whale hunting, according to a new report.

The Cable

LGBT and Muslim Communities Warn Against Demonizing of Both After Orlando Shooting

A vigil organized by LGBT and Muslim communities sought to reclaim the narrative around the Orlando shooting.

Passport

Dalai Lama: Those Who Cause Bloodshed Are Not “Genuine” Practitioners of Islam

The Dalai Lama spoke about peace-building and the Orlando shootings in front of an audience in Washington, D.C.

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