Alexis Okeowo joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 2015. She is the author of “A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa.” Her work has also been anthologized in “The Best American Sports Writing” (2017) and “The Best American Travel Writing” (2017). She has been awarded fellowships and grants from New America, the Alicia Patterson Foundation, the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, and the International Reporting Project. She has previously contributed to the New York Times Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the Financial Times.
After a devastating bombing, Somalis watched with a familiar disappointment as details of the attack failed to headline broadcast news or resonate on social media.
The state has long been used as a blank slate for outside politicians, a place pure enough in its conservativeness to be manipulated and used for gain.
Attendees asked me to accept their version of a harmonious history disrupted by outside troublemakers for the sake of continuing the myth of racial peace.
The United States ranks behind most countries, even those where abortion is illegal, when it comes to the ability of women to purchase the pill over the counter.
