When a 24-Year-Old Ian Fleming Went to Moscow to Cover a “Show” Trial

When a 24-Year-Old Ian Fleming Went to Moscow to Cover a “Show” Trial

“Russia is ruled by an army of executioners with the Lubyanka as the headquarters of death.”

By Nicholas Shakespeare | April 9, 2024

What the Shadowy History of Women’s Health Tells Us About Its Uncertain Future

What the Shadowy History of Women’s Health Tells Us About Its Uncertain Future

Clare Beams on the Dark Legacy of a Purported Pregnancy Miracle Drug

By Clare Beams | April 9, 2024

Dispatches from the Land of Erasure During a Genocide

Dispatches from the Land of Erasure During a Genocide

“Poetry’s belatedness hauntingly echoes international law’s belatedness when it comes to defining genocide.”

By Philip Metres | April 9, 2024

A brief remembrance of Ghassan Kanafani.

A brief remembrance of Ghassan Kanafani.

By Dan Sheehan | April 8, 2024

Meta considered buying Simon & Schuster to build its AI.

Meta considered buying Simon & Schuster to build its AI.

By James Folta | April 8, 2024

The New School claps back at Germany's anti-Palestinian bullshit.

The New School claps back at Germany's anti-Palestinian bullshit.

By Dan Sheehan | April 8, 2024

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Lost in Translation: Unpacking the Shohei Ohtani Scandal

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Emily Nemens On the All-But-Invisible Role of Interpreters, in Literature and in Baseball

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Who Are You? Identity, the Self, and Their Many Multiples

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Mairead Small Staid Considers What It Means to Not Recognize Ourselves and the Ones We Love

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On the Time the Iron Sheik Threatened to Kill Me

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Brad Balukjian on Falling in Love with Professional Wrestling, Kayfabe, and Fact-Checking an Angry Childhood Hero

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Death and The Maiden: What Rewatching <em>The OC</em> Can Teach Us Now

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Kelly Marie Coyne on Society’s Lethal Obsession With the White Starlet

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Life Beyond Earth: What Awaits Humanity on the Moon

Life Beyond Earth: What Awaits Humanity on the Moon

Christopher Cokinos Explores the Possibilities and Pitfalls of Lunar Settlement

By Christopher Cokinos | April 5, 2024

“Something More Bare and More Raw Than a Man.” Constance Debré on Learning to Love Women

“Something More Bare and More Raw Than a Man.” Constance Debré on Learning to Love Women

When You Abandon Your Marriage, Your Career, and Your Bourgeois Parisian Life

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Canadian writers call on Scotiabank to divest from Israeli arms manufacturer.

Canadian writers call on Scotiabank to divest from Israeli arms manufacturer.

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