Shaya Laughlin

Social media enhances social connections on digital networks but has also facilitated the rapid dissemination of misinformation

Since the beginning of Lebanon’s financial collapse in 2019, access to information has become more critical than ever.

Displaced doctors could provide relief amid health worker shortages

Why Lebanon needs to hold local polls in May

Cholera likely to stay without serious reforms to Lebanese water sector

As the Lebanese political establishment tries to shift blame for sea migrant deaths, EU pushbacks, blockades, and backroom deals place migrants in greater danger

Peacekeeping mission reading between the lines to keep the peace

The ongoing financial crisis is eroding the capacity for Lebanon’s most essential services to operate, risking new depths in the humanitarian crisis

Tensions rise as Lebanon hypes non-existent “plan” to return 15,000 Syrians per month

Busting the myth that offshore treasures will soon turn Lebanon rich

The European Union has positioned itself as lead guarantor for Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, with sanctions and observers in place. But history suggests that dirty electoral tricks will go unpunished

As mental health problems spike due to the economic crisis, the Beirut Port explosion, and the COVID-19 pandemic – to name but a few – psychiatrists and psychologists are leaving Lebanon in record numbers

Broadening private insurance ahead of universal health care

The Ukrainian crisis is merely the latest alarming threat to Lebanese food security in recent years. It follows on the heels of the country’s economic crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Beirut Port explosion – a series of unambiguous warning shots

Eliminating national oil dependence will clear out conflicts of interest

The urgent need to salvage and reform worker’s retirement schemes

How farms and factories can make or break Lebanon’s future

We really need solutions, because people can no longer pay for their generator bills.