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A black-and-white photograph of a young girl sitting on a wicker chair. The young girl is wearing a dark color, loose fitting dress with a light color neckline. She reads from a piece of paper in her left hand. The photograph has a brown mat frame and backing.
Literature
Against Storytelling
December 9, 2025Miriam Rasch
An older man—actor Toni Servillo in the film La Grazia—seen from behind and in profile, walking along a dirt road flanked by leafless trees. He wears a dark overcoat and a black fedora-style hat.
The Arts
Paolo Sorrentino on his new movie, La Grazia
December 8, 2025Mitchell Abidor, Paolo Sorrentino
Entrance to Yugoslavian Museum in Belgrade
Politics
The Words We Learn to Fear
December 4, 2025Maria B. Olujic
Two rescue workers direct a firehose at the ruins of the World Trade Center following the 9/11 terrorist attacks
War
Honest Truths From Wrongful Deaths
December 3, 2025Jeremy Varon
Two Sudanese people in wearing long robes and headscarves walk through dry grove of trees littered with refuse. The figure on the left looks over her shoulder with a worried expression.
War
Attacks on Women’s Bodies Reveal the Logic of Genocide in Sudan
December 2, 2025Ayotunde Giwa
Black and white photograph of men in twentieth-century white sporting outfits standing in acrobatic formation
Interview
Fascism’s Body Politics
November 25, 2025Dagmar Herzog, Adam Koehler Brown
A large crowd of soccer fans fills a stadium section, waving yellow and blue flags and banners with the Mexican Club América emblem in celebration.
Sports
Eight Months to Learn Spanish
November 25, 2025Sean Jacobs, Ivan Pech Luna
Abstarct painting of yellow, orange, and red oranic shapes, with two read arrows pointing left
Literature
Susan Cheever on Her New Book, When All the Men Wore Hats
November 20, 2025Elizabeth Mirabelle, Susan Cheever
Silver filigree pin of a crown against yellow background. Four kidney-shaped panels, pierced with filigree work, rising from a plain diadem. From the panels rise four curved arches, meeting to support a ball and a cross mounted on a threaded pin.
Politics
“Things Happen”
November 19, 2025Arthur Goldhammer
A daguerreotype of William Lloyd Garrison in formal dress.
United States
From William Lloyd Garrison to Tolstoy, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.
November 18, 2025Bennett Parten
Friedrich A Hayek Gold Coin. Head side reads "Denationalization of Money" with Hayek portrait. Reverse reads "1/2 ounce pure gold."
Politics
Goldbugs
November 17, 2025Quinn Slobodian
Aerial view of Israeli destruction in Beach refugee camp, Gaza Strip. Looking south with the coast on the right. The Port of Gaza is visible in the distance, projecting into the Mediterranean Sea.
Reviews
Palestinians in Their Own Words, Their Own Genres
November 14, 2025Coleson Smith

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