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A red and white sticker on a jacket lapel reads "Hello My Name is Gigachad"

The Internet

From the Sewer of the Internet, a Slang Surfaces

October 7, 2024Jake Neuffer

Woman in breakdancing pose on Brooklyn bridge

Sports

October 4, 2024Alexa Joy

Watercolor painting of Margaret Atwood with text "A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together."

Ukraine

The Sword Is Mightier Than the Pen

October 2, 2024Margaret Atwood, Aaron James Wendland

Statue of young Dostoevsy reading on public bench

Russia

To Cancel or Not to Cancel? Questioning the Russian Idea

October 1, 2024George Pattison

Antique poster drawing of two white men with square features. One man is reading a book and sweeping a pile of books together. The other man is reading a book and not looking up. There is Cyrillic text inscribed on the wall between them.

War

Academic Dialogue Against the Background of War

October 1, 2024Nataliia Viatkina

Etching of a man working on a book at a table in front of an open window

War

Thinking in Dark Times: Life, Death, and Social Solidarity

September 30, 2024Aaron James Wendland, Volodymyr Yermolenko

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukraine

Thinking About Freedom in Wartime Ukraine

September 30, 2024Timothy Snyder

Red-tinted photograph of Moscow, Domes of Churches in the Kremlin

Russia

To Know Your Enemy’s Face

September 27, 2024Anastasia Shteinert

President Zelenskyy signs Ukrainian flag

Ukraine

Ukrainian Studies Struggle Against Imperial Heritage

September 26, 2024Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed

Joyce Carol Oates in red shirt speaking into microphone

Reviews

Why It’s Hard to Write About Joyce Carol Oates

September 25, 2024Alexander Sorondo

A landscape photograph of the lowlands outside Gaza taken between 1896 and 1919.

Israel/Palestine

Notes on Jonathan Glazer’s Zone of Interest

September 25, 2024Anonymous

Historical grainy photograph of three men in wide brimmed hats digging a mound of earth with shovels. They are wearing loose fitting clothes. There are trees and a small building in the background.

Reviews

Poet Paisley Rekdal Summons the Lost Voices of Chinese Railroad Workers

September 24, 2024Aditi Bhattacharjee