The Jewish Exiles Return to Germany

Habermas

Click Here to Read:  The Jewish Exiles Return to Germany: Jürgen Habermas recalls philosophers and sociologists of Jewish background as returnees in the early Federal Republic Of Germany By Jürgen Habermas on the Tablet website on November 12, 2014.

German philosopher Jurgen Habermas delivers a speech after being awarded the Erasmus Prize at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam on Nov. 6, 2013. (Jerry Lampen/AFP/Getty Images)

Tales of the Trash: A neighborhood garbageman explains modern Egypt

Garbageman

Click Here to Read:  Tales of the Trash: A neighborhood garbageman explains modern Egypt. By Peter Hessler in the New Yorker Magazine October 13, 2014 issue.

Waste collectors like Sayyid Ahmed, known as zabaleen, work in an informal economy, but they provide a remarkably efficient recycling service and become experts on their neighborhoods.CREDITPHOTOGRAPH BY RENA EFFENDI / INSTITUTE