Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Both are easy to define—a population’s share connected to the national grid or to a local source of electricity, and the ability to read and write—but such definitions do not make it possible to get a truly informed verdict. We measure access to electricity no better than we do the rate of literacy. What does 50 kWh/year deliver?

Central African Republic 98

Central African Republic Sudan Ethiopia Africa 98

Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2025

A guinea pig competition offers awards for best fur coat, and a sprawling shopping area sells everything from handmade leather chairs to turquoise jewelry. Proponents point to the rodeos ability to help people especially children make connections between their food, their land, their history and their culture.

Houston 52

Houston Guinea Turkey Texas 52

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The ship’s captain stopped the engines, and the aircraft flashed its lights at the rubber boat. In early 2017, in the forest highlands of eastern Guinea, a man I’ll call Jacob began a journey that would take him across five Saharan countries and multiple failed sea crossings. But neither the ship nor the aircraft came to the rescue.

Europe 145

Europe Libya Spain Legal 145