Julia Harte

Click to see the articles I’ve written for the following publications:

POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS 

• “Constitutional Sheriffs: The Cops Who Think the Government Is Our ‘Greatest Threat’,” NBC News, 18 Apr., 2016
• “Capture of U.S.-Trained Fighters in Syria Sets Back Fight Against ISIS,” TIME, 1 Aug., 2015
• “How Many ‘Ghost Schools’ Are There in Afghanistan?” NBC News, 18 Jun., 2015
• “The Fraud of War,” Slate, 5 May, 2015
• “Billions in U.S. assistance to Afghan forces is still based on ragged data,” The WorldPost, 29 Apr., 2015
• “Congress Boosts War Spending As Wars Wind Down,” TIME, 24 Mar., 2015
• “Pentagon Teacher Accused of Running ‘Death Squad’,” The Daily Beast, 11 Mar., 2015
• “The Pentagon’s Slush Fund,” Politico Magazine, 11 Dec., 2014
• “How US Companies Help Central Asian Autocrats Eavesdrop,” TIME, 21 Nov., 2014
• “NATO has suddenly classified details of Afghan military, police capabilities,” Global Post, 7 Nov., 2014
• “Fruits of a $60 Billion U.S. Expenditure in Afghanistan Now Secret,” The WorldPost, 30 Oct., 2014
• “Report: Islamic State fights in Syria, Iraq with arms produced worldwide,” McClatchy, 6 Oct., 2014
• “When Tribes Team Up With Payday Lenders, Who Profits?” Al Jazeera America, 17 Jun., 2014
• “New, Tougher GED Has Students Scrambling,” City Limits, 17 Dec., 2013
• “Infertile Crescent: Waters run dry in Iraqi Marshes,” Global Post, 18 June, 2013
• “Turkey: Police “anti-terror” raid snares human rights lawyers,” Global Post, 31 Jan., 2013
  
• “Turkey Shocks Africa,” The World Policy Journal, Winter 2012/2013
• “Turkey’s Scientists Stripped of Autonomy as Ruling Party Extends Power,” Bianet, 3 Apr., 2012
• “One thousand people feared dead in Turkey earthquake,” The Daily Telegraph, 23 Oct., 2011
• “Likir, Ladakh: A Profile of a Himalayan Village,” Cultural Survival Quarterly, Winter 2007

For The Center for Public Integrity:

• “‘The army to set our nation free’,” 18 Apr., 2016
• “Pentagon remains stubbornly unable to account for its billions,” 3 Aug., 2015
• “Fighter’s capture spells trouble for U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State,” 1 Aug., 2015
• “Probes start into potential U.S. spending on ‘ghost schools’ in Afghanistan,” 18 Jun., 2015
• “U.S. military personnel have been convicted of $50 million worth of crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan,” 5 May, 2015
• “Billions in U.S. assistance to Afghan forces is still based on ragged data,” 29 Apr., 2015
• “Lawmakers boost war spending as the wars wind down,” 24 Mar., 2015
• “America remains top arms seller to the world,” 16 Mar., 2015
• “Flagship military university hired foreign officers linked to human rights abuses in Latin America,” 11 Mar., 2015
• “U.S. troops burned waste in hazardous open pits; safer incinerators sat idle,” 12 Feb., 2015
• “A long-term blank check for ‘war’ spending,” 11 Dec., 2014
• “U.S. Companies supply eavesdropping gear to Central Asian autocrats,” 21 Nov., 2014
• “NATO suddenly classifies ratings of Afghan military and police capabilities,” 30 Oct., 2014
• “Energy Department inspector blocked from probing dismissal of Hanford engineer,” 21 Oct., 2014
• “Investigators find Islamic State used ammo made in 21 countries, including America,” 6 Oct., 2014
• “Marine Corps settles dispute with whistleblower,” Sept. 26, 2014
• “U.S. Senate passes bill curtailing conflicts of interest in security clearance contracts,” Sept. 22, 2014

For The Wall Street Journal:

• “‘Mobile’ Schools Use Technology to Break Free of the Classroom,” 7 Sept., 2014
• “Disclosure Rules on Dangerous Chemicals Fuel Political Fight in Texas,” 15 Aug., 2014
• “Oklahoma Governor Shows Support For Testing a Form of Medical Marijuana,” 13 Aug., 2014
• “Texas City Goes High-Tech To Limit Water Loss,” 5 Aug., 2014
• “Open-Carry Push Has Texas in Its Sights,” 14 Jul., 2014
• “Texas Law Reducing Dam Inspections Sparks Criticism,” 10 Jul., 2014
• “Fourth of July Parade Brings Scientists Dressed in Foliage – Some With Nothing Else,” 3 Jul., 2014
• “Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Returns to U.S.,” 13 Jun., 2014
• “Texas Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Replaces Campaign Manager,” 11 Jun., 2014

For National Geographic:

• “New Dam in Turkey Threatens to Flood Ancient City and Archeological Sites,” 21 Feb., 2014
• “What Will Happen to Turkish Villagers in the Path of a Giant Dam?” 6 Sept., 2013
• “Rare Footage of Ilısu: The Dam That Will Flood Homes and History Across Southern Turkey,” 22 Aug., 2013
• “Turkish Town Has Hosted 12,000 Years of Human History & Stunning Biodiversity,” 6 Aug., 2013
• “Meet Some of the Rare Cultures Sustained by Iraqi Kurdistan’s Rivers,” 15 July, 2013
• “Will Shrinking Rivers Force Kurdistan’s Nomads to Abandon Their Lifestyle?” 18 May, 2013
• “Two Views of the Tigris: A Syrian and an Iraqi Kurd Discuss Turkey’s Dams,” 13 May, 2013
• “8,000 Years After its Advent, Agriculture is Withering in Southern Iraq,” 29 Apr., 2013
• “In Cradle of Civilization, Shrinking Rivers Endanger Unique Marsh Arab Culture,” 24 Apr., 2013
• “Enki’s Gift: How Civilization Bubbled From the Waters of Mesopotamia,” 23 Apr., 2013
• “Drought and Dams in Biblical Garden of Eden,” 11 Apr., 2013

For Foreign Policy:

• “The Pentagon Is Still Terrible at Accounting for Your Tax Dollars,” 3 Aug., 2015
• “Burning Trash and Money in Afghanistan,” 12 Feb., 2015
• “Where Does the Islamic State Get Its Weapons?” 6 Oct., 2014
• “Kurdish Hunger Strike Pushes Turkey Toward The Tipping Point,” 6 Nov., 2012
• “Turkey’s Other Refugees,” 28 Aug., 2012

For Philadelphia City Paper:

• “Shooting the Messenger: Climate-change deniers take aim at scientists,” 17 Dec., 2009
• “Medical Tourist: A Penn grad student seeks an experimental stem-cell treatment in China that he can’t get here,”
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• “No Exceptions: Is a draconian law forcing innocent men out of the country?” 5 Nov., 2009
• “Kinder, Gentler Skinheads: Inside Keystone United’s ‘family-friendly’ Leif Erikson Day celebration,” 15 Oct., 2009
• “Populism and Propriety: Don Argott’s ballad of the Barnes Foundation hits the silver screen,” 8 Oct., 2009
• “Loose Change: As the president negotiates the bumpy terrain of health-care reform, does Team Obama risk losing momentum?” 17 Sept., 2009

For New America Media:

• “Indonesians in America Wonder if God Has Forsaken Their Homeland,” 8 Aug., 2006
• “Russian Voice Radio: News & Views For New Arrivals,” 6 Aug., 2006
• “UC Unions, Employees, Protest Pension Plan Changes,” 21 Jul., 2006
• “De Tran: A Pioneer in Vietnamese-Language Media,” 5 Jul., 2006

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

For Inside Climate News, republished in Reuters:

• “Turkey Quietly Moves to Grab a Place in the Global Carbon Trade,” 28 Nov., 2011
• “Amid Doubts, Turkey Powers Ahead With Hydrogen Technologies,” 5 Aug., 2011
• “A Solar City Tries to Rise in Turkey Despite Lack of Federal Support,” 10 May, 2011
• “Building of Turkey’s First Nuclear Plant, Sited on a Fault Line, Facing Fresh Questions,” 25 Mar., 2011
• “Italy’s Green Giant Enel to Tap Turkey’s Geothermal Reserves,” 10 Mar., 2011
• “With No Policy Incentives, Turkey’s Solar Entrepreneurs Wait Out in the Cold,” 14 Dec., 2010
• “In Turkey, Environmental Opposition to Power Plants Invites Defamation Lawsuits,” 19 Oct., 2010

For Inside Climate News:

• “Residents Fight Power Plant in Turkey Earthquake Zone,” 18 Oct., 2010
• “Geopolitics Complicates Solutions to Turkey’s Soaring Energy Demand,” 26 Aug., 2010
• “Skeptics Failing to Get Anti-Climate Science Agenda into Texas Classrooms,” 1 Jun., 2010
• “DOE Still Disavows Peak Oil Forecast, Despite New Studies,” 10 May, 2010
• “EPA’s Biofuel Mandates Based on Shaky Assumptions, Scientists Say,” 20 Apr., 2010
• “Economists: Graham-Kerry’s Sector-Specific Approach to Carbon Limits is Less Efficient,” 15 Mar., 2010

For Green Prophet (selected posts of more than 100):

• “The ‘Man on the River’ Finishes 5,200-Kilometer Journey in Istanbul,” 29 Sept., 2012
• “Turkish Cabinet Invokes Wartime Law To Seize Property For Hydro Projects,” 13 Aug., 2012
• “4.1 Million Acres of Land Previously Classified As Forest Goes On Sale Today,” 7 May, 2012
• “Wind Energy and Organic Farming Collide in Western Turkey,” 2 Apr., 2012
• “Beware: Peppers, Pears and Grapes From Turkey Are Most Toxic Produce In Europe, Study Finds,” 27 Mar., 2012
• “New Firm Enters Turkey’s Rapidly Expanding Wind Energy Sector,” 8 Mar., 2012
• “Istanbul’s Main Square To Become Lifeless And Isolated In New Urban Plan, Opponents Warn,” 27 Feb., 2012
• “Natural Gas Creating New Axes of Alliance Across the Mediterranean,” 16 Sept., 2011

ARTS & CULTURE

For Time Out Istanbul (“Books” section):

• “Long Live the Library Revolution,” July, 2013
• REVIEW: A Long Day’s Evening, Bilge Karasu (trans. by Aron Aji and Fred Stark), June 2013
• REVIEW: Healing Secular Life: Loss and Devotion in Modern Turkey, Christopher Dole, May 2013
• REVIEW: The Aziz Bey Incident and Other Stories, by Ayfer Tunç, Apr., 2013
• REVIEW: Souffle, by Aslı Perker, Mar., 2013
• REVIEW: Muslim Nationalism and the New Turks, by Jenny White, Feb., 2013
• REVIEW: The Serenity Murders, by Mehmet Murat Somer, Jan., 2013
• REVIEW: Istanbul in Women’s Short Stories, edited by Hande Öğüt, and Europe in Women’s Short Stories from Turkey, edited by Gültekin Emre, Dec., 2012
• “A Hidden Treasure in Istanbul: The Adam Mickiewicz Museum,” Sept., 2012
• REVIEW: Prayers Stay the Same, by Tuna Kiremitçi, trans. Çiğdem Aksoy & A Momentary Delay, by Reha Çamuroğlu, trans. Çiğdem A. Kobu, Aug., 2012
• REVIEW: From Balat to Bat Yam: Memoirs of a Turkish Jew, by Eli Shaul, ed. Rıfat N. Balı, trans. Michael McGaha & Istanbul Was A Fairy Tale, by Mario Levi, trans. Ender Gürol, Jul., 2012
• “Orhan Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence Finally Opens,” 2 May, 2012
• REVIEW: A Memento For Istanbul, by Ahmet Ümit (trans. by Rakesh Jobanputra), Mar., 2012
• REVIEW: Prisoners of Ourselves: Totalitarianism in Everday Life, by Gündüz Vassaf, Feb., 2012
• REVIEW: The Lost Word, by Oya Baydar (trans. by Stephanie Ateş), Dec., 2011
• REVIEW: Rebel Land: Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town, by Christopher de Bellaigue, Aug., 2011

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More than fifty articles for The Daily Pennsylvanian, the student newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania, covering the Health beat in Spring 2008 and the West Philadelphia beat in Fall 2008.