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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.”

The Internet

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

A dense expanse of the Amazon rainforest, filled with diverse green foliage and towering trees, highlighting the region’s rich biodiversity.

Science & Technology

Data Sovereignty vs. Digital Prospecting

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

Photograph shows several levels of books and framed portraits at the Imperial Public Library, now National Library of Russia.

Trust in Government

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.

Sex & Gender

The Gospel According to Queer Russians

October 22, 2025Katherine Kelaidis

A group of children in military uniforms stand on a stage. The children are wearing green uniforms and are standing in a line

Freedom of Speech

Intellectual Violence

October 22, 2025Andrei Kolesnikov

Sepia tinted photograph of boulder wedged between floor and roof of a cave

The Arts

Animated by Not Knowing

October 16, 2025Gabriel Chavez, Wendy Xu

The Ostriches

The Ostriches: Part I

October 15, 2025Val Vinokur

Photograph of dense smog over a fort wall and gardens in Lahore, Pakistan. In the foreground of the photograph, a bird flies through the smog.

Public Health

Ecological Nightmare in Lahore, Pakistan

October 14, 2025Uswa Shamail