To Stay or Leave

The Ebola outbreak in west Africa has killed more than 2400 people, and the World Health Organization has called the crisis “unparalleled in modern times.” We ask why the United States is only now ramping up its efforts to combat the disease. And, we look at the incredible challenges facing healthcare workers in this fight.

Also in this edition, we investigate why a teen from the American heartland disappeared, only to resurface in Syria. We get an update on a story from a few months ago about a gay rights activist from Uganda who was seeking asylum in the US. And, we meet Russia’s unlikely poster boy for its embargo on Western goods. Plus, how a private collection of family photos—from the 1970s—are now telling a remarkable story of American assimilation and Chinese-American life.

(Photo: Dr William Fischer of Chapel Hill, in North Carolina, wearing protective clothing to treat Ebola patients. Courtesy of Dr William Fischer)