FP flashpoints 4/30

Bears in a Honey Trap
By Julia Ioffe

The sex scandal rocking Russia's opposition.

Don't Panic, Go Organic
By Anna Lappe

Be not troubled by Robert Paarlberg's scaremongering. Organic practices can feed the world -- better, in fact, than wasteful industrial farming.

Peak Phosphorous
By James Elser and Stuart White

It's an essential, if underappreciated component of our daily lives, and a key link in the global food chain. And it's running out.

They're Not Brainwashed, Just Miserable
By Marcus Noland

What North Koreans really want.

Look Upon These Works and Despair
By Joshua Keating

When bad art and bad politics mix.

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The World's Harshest Immigration Laws
By Peter Williams

Think Arizona's new immigration law is harsh? The Grand Canyon state has nothing on these guys.

Sheikh to Terrorists: Go to Hell
By Christian Caryl

A Pakistani cleric declares jihad on suicide bombers. And the story is just beginning.

The Little Nukes That Got Away
By David Hoffman

What Obama's new treaty left out.

“In My Father’s House They Gathered All the Women into One Room”
By Anna Badkhen

Visiting the victims of Afghanistan's revenge rapes, from "The Crossing: A Journey Through Northern Afghanistan."

The Ultimate Bug Zapper
Interview by Elizabeth Dickinson

Could a new weapon deal the definitive blow in the long battle of man vs. mosquito? Forget bed nets; think lasers. Nathan Myhrvold, Bill Gates's ideas guy, tells FP about his plans to defeat malaria.