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You Cannot Go to Your Country: Victoria Amelina on the Start of War in Ukraine

You Cannot Go to Your Country: Victoria Amelina on the Start of War in Ukraine

From Her Unfinished Book, “Looking at Women Looking at War”

By Victoria Amelina | March 6, 2025

“Poetry Remains Indestructible.” On the Resilience of Art in the Face of Fascism

“Poetry Remains Indestructible.” On the Resilience of Art in the Face of Fascism

Spencer Reece Considers the Life and Work of Jaime Gil de Biedma

By Spencer Reece | March 6, 2025

A War Zone Pediatrician on What Comes After the Horrors of a Gaza Emergency Room

A War Zone Pediatrician on What Comes After the Horrors of a Gaza Emergency Room

Dr. Seema Jilani Reckons with the Hypocrisy of Western Liberal Institutions

By Seema Jilani | March 5, 2025

An architecture journal’s Palestine issue was abruptly shelved.

An architecture journal’s Palestine issue was abruptly shelved.

By James Folta | March 4, 2025

The US Has a Journalism Crisis: Here’s Why Writers Are Leaving the Profession in Droves

The US Has a Journalism Crisis: Here’s Why Writers Are Leaving the Profession in Droves

Brittany K. Allen on the Dire State of American Media

By Brittany Allen | March 4, 2025

What Russia’s Violent History of Occupation Reveals About Its Ongoing War on Ukraine

What Russia’s Violent History of Occupation Reveals About Its Ongoing War on Ukraine

Sofi Oksanen on the Importance of Preserving Personal and Collective Memory in the Face of Imperialist Aggression

By Sofi Oksanen | March 4, 2025

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The Rise of Ronald Reagan, a Product of California

By Michael Hiltzik | February 26, 2025

Tracing America’s Obsession With Conspiracy Theories Back to Its Founding

Tracing America’s Obsession With Conspiracy Theories Back to Its Founding

Andrew Lawler on the Revolutionary Roots of a Corrosive National Pastime

By Andrew Lawler | February 25, 2025

Omar El Akkad on Genocide, Complicit Liberals, and the Terrible Wrath of the West

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George Orwell’s Doublethink: How Much Can—Or Should—We Know About Our Literary Idols?

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Anna Funder on Authorial Privacy, Moral Decency and the Persistent, Omnipresent Menace of Patriarchy

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How to write a funny book about American immigration.

How to write a funny book about American immigration.

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How Two of America’s Biggest Columnists Reacted to the Assassination of Malcolm X

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Judith Butler: To Imagine a World After This, Democracy Needs the Humanities

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