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Moira Lavelle

Moira Lavelle is an independent reporter based in based in Athens, Greece. She covers migration, borders, gender and language.

A refugee woman is pictured at the Souda Refugee Camp in Chios island, Greece, June 10, 2017.

Refugees caught in the middle of Greek-Turkish political standoff

Mar 6, 2020

A man wears a blue shirt and glasses in an office

Greece’s new asylum law ‘poses continuous traps’ for refugees

Nov 5, 2019

Marchers stand behind a large white banner as they move through a street

A year after an LGBTQ activist’s murder in Greece, his memory lives on in ‘our politics and our action,’ protesters say

Sep 25, 2019

Pokemon means opportunity for these businessmen

In ailing Greece, trying to turn Pokémon Go into profit

Aug 1, 2016

Concerned Student 1950, led by University of Missouri graduate student Jonathan Butler, second from right, speaks following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign.

Update: What do the students want?

Nov 13, 2015

Why asking for a lime isn’t so easy in Spanish-speaking countries

Nov 13, 2015

Women wave flags outside the AKP headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu described the outcome of a general election which swept his AKP back to a parliamentary majority on Sunday as a victory for democracy.

Global Politics

Update: Ruling AKP regains majority in Turkey. Here’s what that means.

Oct 30, 2015

Bahrain activist sentenced to year in prison for ripping up photo of the king

Oct 23, 2015

8 hurricanes that almost packed the punch of Patricia

Oct 23, 2015

Banned young adult novel finally back on shelves

Oct 16, 2015

A tiny town in the middle of Germany has taken in hundreds of refugees

Oct 9, 2015

The science is in: beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder

Oct 2, 2015

Trans rights are changing in the Catholic world, and Argentina is leading the pack

Sep 25, 2015

Philadelphia preps for pope madness

Sep 18, 2015

Marine Corps commander says others’ expectations, not women’s ability, are the problem

Sep 11, 2015

graffiti near parthenon

Greece might be the best place in the world to be a graffiti artist

Sep 11, 2015

Global Politics

Greek polls show falling support for Syriza and Tsipras

Sep 1, 2015

Japanese anti-war protesters take to the streets, but they’re not likely to win this battle

Aug 31, 2015

Why is lime flavor suddenly everywhere?

Aug 25, 2015

The Harry Potter of China wins English language sci-fi award

Aug 24, 2015

Humans kill adult animals much more than other predators, are in fact ‘super predators’

Aug 21, 2015

First Saudi women register to vote

Aug 21, 2015

Student sues Chinese government over textbook content

Aug 20, 2015

A brief history of border conflict between North and South Korea

Aug 20, 2015

Volcano near nuclear plant raising concerns in Japan

Aug 17, 2015

Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire

Global Politics

Bernie Sanders’ big shift on race

Aug 10, 2015

Women in Uganda

Ugandan court: Husbands can’t demand bride-price refunds

Aug 6, 2015

Miss Piggy and Kermit

Kermit and Miss Piggy are on a break, but the Muppets are the same, biographer says

Aug 6, 2015

Does China own its women’s eggs?

Aug 5, 2015

Competitors swim on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio may not be as ready to host the Olympics as it thought

Aug 3, 2015

Iranian rappers speak about hip-hop and its future in Iran

Aug 3, 2015

prisoners released

Global Politics

Thousands of prisoners in Myanmar released in political move

Jul 30, 2015

Boston bows out of Olympic bid, but Toronto may be in

Jul 29, 2015

Chinese gamers have new options, but will they want them?

Jul 27, 2015

Americans aren’t the only ones convinced women speak differently

Jul 23, 2015

Here are three foreign films to watch this summer

Jul 23, 2015

The stereotypical Scottish ‘R’ is disappearing, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing

Jul 22, 2015

Global Politics

Seven things you need to know to understand the Burundi elections

Jul 22, 2015

Horses, dogs, penguins, and more will soon be able to fly in style

Jul 20, 2015

YouTube ‘stunt’ shows violent homophobia in Russia

Jul 15, 2015

New documentary explains what it means to 'sound gay'

‘Do I Sound Gay?’ Researcher searches world for answer.

Jul 9, 2015

New Music Fridays

This Friday the whole world will get new music, together

Jul 9, 2015

firefighters walk along a road

Canada isn’t the only country fighting off wildfires this week

Jul 8, 2015

USA fans cheer at the women's World Cup

US wins women’s World Cup, but young athletes still face gender gap

Jul 6, 2015

Clinton outside Salem Baptist Church

The Fire Last Time: The 1990s wave of 145 church burnings — Map

Jul 2, 2015

Supreme Court building in the Afghan capital of Kabul

UPDATE: Afghan parliament rejects nation’s 1st female supreme court nominee

Jul 2, 2015

Map of recent church burnings in the southern United States

Map: Recent fires at African-American churches in the South

Jul 1, 2015

Women talk inside a cafe in Athens

For Greek youth, life has been one crisis after another. So, panic? ‘The bars are full.’

Jun 29, 2015

An injured man from the Syrian town of Kobane is carried to a hospital in Turkey, after forces of the so-called Islamic State raided Kobane.

Is ISIS gaining or losing ground in Syria?

Jun 25, 2015

Big Ben from Whitehall

British civil servants get a lesson in grammar from the new justice secretary

Jun 22, 2015