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The Arts
Animated by Not Knowing
October 16, 2025Gabriel Chavez, Wendy Xu
The Ostriches
The Ostriches: Part I
October 15, 2025Val Vinokur
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Public Health
Ecological Nightmare in Lahore, Pakistan
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Poetry
Sisyphus, From Memory
October 14, 2025Wendy Xu
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Worldwide/Transregional
Panama Against Trump
October 13, 2025Nolan Young
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Reviews
Revelations and Reservations at the 2025 New York Film Festival
October 10, 2025Mitchell Abidor
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Politics
Frantz Fanon and Africa’s Postcolonial Predicament
October 9, 2025Kwach Abonyo
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Religion
Judah Magnes: Binationalism as Political Theology
October 7, 2025Manousha Dhiwaghar
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War
A Lost Utopia
October 7, 2025Coleson Smith
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Politics
Germany Holds Up a Mirror for America
October 6, 2025Bruno Heidlberger
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Interview
Imperfect Images
October 2, 2025Alexandra Chaves, Sohrab Hura
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Race
Looking Back on the Zapatistas’ Revolutionary Fashion
October 1, 2025Mike Harrington

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