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United States

A Republic, If We Can Afford It

November 6, 2025Larry Schwartz

A large crowd of people walking in Times Square under advertising for A Minecraft Movie.

Film

Good Versions of the Right Film

November 5, 2025Amelia Nonemacher

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Politics

What Makes Cities Go BANANA?

November 4, 2025Achilles Kallergis

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Literature

Shakespeare Among the French Romantics

October 30, 2025Sophia Charles

Zohran Mamdani in suit surrounded by smiling crowd. A man to the left holds a piece of blue that reads "ZOHRAN" in yellow lettering

Politics

A Mayor Who Promises the Moon

October 29, 2025Mitchell Abidor

The Ostriches

The Ostriches: Part II

October 29, 2025Val Vinokur

18th-century political caricature of a woman labeled "Democracy" wearing a blindfold labeled "stupidity" being pushed by a laughing male crowd toward the president’s chair, stepping on several eggs in the way on the ground, with labels such as "Civil Service Reform,” “Economy,” and “Tariff Reform.”

United States

Is Social Media Destroying Democracy—Or Giving It to Us Good and Hard?

October 28, 2025Dan Williams

Poetry

Can Poetry Re-Enchant the Modern World?

October 27, 2025Sarah V. Schweig

Unsettled

The Trump Administration’s War on Venezuelan Migrants

October 24, 2025T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Hiroshi Motomura, Cristina M Rodríguez

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Science & Technology

Data Sovereignty vs. Digital Prospecting

October 23, 2025Annie K. Lamar, Sarah B. McClure

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Worldwide/Transregional

Should Universities Just Leave?

October 23, 2025Anastasija Mladenovska

A gay couple wearing matching T-shirts printed with an image of Vladimir Putin, featuring a moustache in the colors of the LGBTQ+ flag, walk arm in arm during the STOP HOMOPHOBIA demonstration in Berlin on August 31, 2013. The protest, organized by the group ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, called for a boycott of the Sochi Olympics over Russia’s anti-gay propaganda laws.

Russia

The Gospel According to Queer Russians

October 22, 2025Katherine Kelaidis