a global intellectual commons
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On Literary Theory for Robots and divining the text of the future
Black and white photograph of the right hemisphere of human brain with ruler measurement
A conversation on the rapid evolution of AI technology, the nature of intelligence, and the importance of the European project
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Habitat
Reimagining Ecological Repair
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Democracy
Ecology and Democracy in a World on Fire
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Climate Change
“The Amazon Is Not a Warehouse”
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Cities
The Islandization of Miami
April 22, 2025
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Climate Change
Petro-Capitalist Status Quo
November 12, 2024
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New York City
Why Progressive “Myths” Distort Solutions to the Housing Shortage
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Art & Design
In Search of the Sublime … Underground
February 26, 2025
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New York City
Where the Avant-Garde Went to Grow
November 26, 2024 and
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Migration
Migrants Are Parents and Children
October 31, 2024
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New York City
Noncitizen Voting and the Politics of Common Sense in New York City
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Art & Design
In Search of the Sublime … Underground
February 26, 2025
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Literature
Augusto Monterroso’s The Rest Is Silence
February 20, 2025
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The Arts
Camille Bordas’s Latest Novel Follows Comedians on the Hunt for Material
September 20, 2024
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Literature
Art and Wartime in Ann Hood’s The Stolen Child
May 13, 2024 and
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Interview
A Love Affair Without Sex?
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Migration
Asylum and the Hierarchy of Suffering
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Migration
Border Time
February 24, 2025
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Migration
Migrants Are Parents and Children
October 31, 2024
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Migration
Leaving Honduras
October 31, 2024 and
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Migration
“Blame It on the Immigrant”: The Housing Crisis Edition
October 18, 2024
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Sex & Gender
The Left Needs a Better Defense of Trans People
April 24, 2025
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Feminism
Enemy Feminisms
April 8, 2025
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Feminism
Yes, Some of Our Enemies Are Feminists
April 8, 2025 and
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Sex & Gender
The Taliban’s Systematic Erasure of Women Is Crippling Afghan Society
April 7, 2025
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Literature
The Powerful Convergence of Past, Present, and Future in Catherine Texier’s Latest Novel
January 23, 2025 and
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Philosophy
Misanthropy Is Having a Moment
December 5, 2024
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Philosophy
Christine de Pizan and Women’s Tongues
November 25, 2024
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Philosophy
Simon Critchley on the Most Important Philosophical Book of the Twentieth Century
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Philosophy
Universalism in Dark Times
April 19, 2024
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Philosophy
Animal Sovereignties and the Wolves of Isle Royale
March 12, 2024