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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

Bronze sculpture of the stylized head of a man with his mouth open. Overlaid text reads "Cover image for Your Historical Loveliness Knows No Bounds. Wendy Xu"

Poetry

Sisyphus, From Memory

October 14, 2025Wendy Xu

vintage postcard image of the Miraflores Locks slightly open at the Panama Canal

Politics

Panama Against Trump

October 13, 2025Nolan Young

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Reviews

Revelations and Reservations at the 2025 New York Film Festival

October 10, 2025Mitchell Abidor

Black-and-white 1959 photo of Frantz Fanon and four other men sitting at a conference table covered with papers and drinks. Fanon is in the foreground reading.

Politics

Frantz Fanon and Africa’s Postcolonial Predicament

October 9, 2025Kwach Abonyo

Black and white photograph of a suited man reading a speech. The man stands in front of a table. Seven men in suits sit behind him.

Religion

Judah Magnes: Binationalism as Political Theology

October 7, 2025Manousha Dhiwaghar

Black-and-white photo of Tantura, with stone houses by the shore, cows standing in the water, and a small boat in the foreground.

War

October 7, 2025Coleson Smith