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The Ostriches
The Ostriches: Part IV
February 6, 2026Val Vinokur
A lantern slideshows four overlapping illustrations of the Earth depicting its tilt at different time periods in the past, present and future. Dates represented are 13000 BC, 5544 BC, 1921 AD, 2296AD. Handwritten in blue ink at bottom left corner of plate is the text 'G53 CLW [illegible] Aug '22'.
Habitats
Some Notes on the Earth Seen From Space
February 4, 2026Laurie Sheck
A vintage North Korean stamp depicts a female goalie wearing a blue-striped jersey and green shorts leaping to catch a football
Sports
Feminism, Sports, and Football in North Korea
February 3, 2026Jung Woo Lee
An etching of a bearded man wearing robes, Zenocrates, speaking to Polemon, a seated youth also dressed in robes. The bearded man stands with his back to the viewer and his hands outstretched towards Polemon, who casts his gaze towards the floor and removes the wreath from his head. Behind Zenocrates a group of similarly dressed onlookers watch the pair, with some gesturing towards them and looking shocked.
Philosophy
Revolutionary Ideals and the Temptations of Tyranny
January 29, 2026Dan Edelstein, Gwenda-lin Grewal, James Miller, James Romm
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem stands between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in camo wear. There is a rifle and scope on a tripod in front of them
Politics
The Moral Right to Defend Yourself Against ICE
January 22, 2026Michael Gregory
Illustration of scowling bald eagle surrounded by stars and stripes
Politics
Switzerland, January 22
January 22, 2026Adam Tooze
People holding phones and cameras stand around a black sedan with smashed windows; masked ICE agents stand around the car
North America
One Battle After Another
January 21, 2026Emily Condon
Woodcut engraving of clouds raining yellow and orange flames on a Medieval European town
Politics
“Things Happen”
January 20, 2026Arthur Goldhammer
Unsettled
H-1B Visas
January 20, 2026Hiroshi Motomura, Cristina M Rodríguez
Classical musicians on stage, with a chile and a woman holding scripts facing each other at the front of the stage
The Arts
A Transdisciplinary Foray Into Classical Performance
December 18, 2025Grace Dignazio
Book cover featuring blue and white plate holding small dark square objects against a black backdrop
technology
Erotic Pleasure and Technological Mastery
December 17, 2025Benjamin Mangrum
A cut-and-glued transparent plastic model from 1943 shows two perpendicular spherical discs (a representation of the equator) and a meridian disc of a sphere.
Politics
Finding the Equator
December 17, 2025Mariana Giacobbe Goldberg, Suzy Hansen

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