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Classical musicians on stage, with a chile and a woman holding scripts facing each other at the front of the stage

The Arts

A Transdisciplinary Foray Into Classical Performance

December 18, 2025Grace Dignazio

The Arts

A Transdisciplinary Foray Into Classical Performance

December 18, 2025Grace Dignazio

A Transdisciplinary Foray Into Classical Performance

Book cover featuring blue and white plate holding small dark square objects against a black backdrop

Technology

Erotic Pleasure and Technological Mastery

December 17, 2025Benjamin Mangrum

Technology

Erotic Pleasure and Technological Mastery

December 17, 2025Benjamin Mangrum

Erotic Pleasure and Technological Mastery

A cut-and-glued transparent plastic model from 1943 shows two perpendicular spherical discs (a representation of the equator) and a meridian disc of a sphere.

The Media

Finding the Equator

December 17, 2025Mariana Giacobbe Goldberg, Suzy Hansen

The Media

Finding the Equator

December 17, 2025Mariana Giacobbe Goldberg, Suzy Hansen

Finding the Equator

The Arts

First as Comedy, Then as Farce

December 16, 2025Benjamin Mangrum, Rayna Salam

The Arts

First as Comedy, Then as Farce

December 16, 2025Benjamin Mangrum, Rayna Salam

First as Comedy, Then as Farce

Black and white kitten stares at a photo of itself on a computer screen

The Internet

Joanna Walsh’s E-Elegy

December 10, 2025Eva Szilardi-Tierney

The Internet

Joanna Walsh’s E-Elegy

December 10, 2025Eva Szilardi-Tierney

Joanna Walsh’s E-Elegy

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

Literature

Against Storytelling

December 9, 2025Miriam Rasch

Against Storytelling

The Arts

Paolo Sorrentino on his new movie, La Grazia

December 8, 2025Mitchell Abidor, Paolo Sorrentino

The Arts

Paolo Sorrentino on his new movie, La Grazia

December 8, 2025Mitchell Abidor, Paolo Sorrentino

Paolo Sorrentino on his new movie, La Grazia

Entrance to Yugoslavian Museum in Belgrade

Politics

The Words We Learn to Fear

December 4, 2025Maria B. Olujic

Politics

The Words We Learn to Fear

December 4, 2025Maria B. Olujic

The Words We Learn to Fear

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

War

Honest Truths From Wrongful Deaths

December 3, 2025Jeremy Varon

Honest Truths From Wrongful Deaths

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

War

Attacks on Women’s Bodies Reveal the Logic of Genocide in Sudan

December 2, 2025Ayotunde Giwa

Attacks on Women’s Bodies Reveal the Logic of Genocide in Sudan

Black and white photograph of men in twentieth-century white sporting outfits standing in acrobatic formation

Interviews

Fascism’s Body Politics

November 25, 2025Dagmar Herzog, Adam Koehler Brown

Interviews

Fascism’s Body Politics

November 25, 2025Dagmar Herzog, Adam Koehler Brown

Fascism’s Body Politics

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

Sports

Eight Months to Learn Spanish

November 25, 2025Sean Jacobs, Ivan Pech Luna

Eight Months to Learn Spanish

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

Literature

Susan Cheever on Her New Book, When All the Men Wore Hats

November 20, 2025Elizabeth Mirabelle, Susan Cheever

Susan Cheever on Her New Book, When All the Men Wore Hats

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

Politics

“Things Happen”

November 19, 2025Arthur Goldhammer

“Things Happen”

A daguerreotype of William Lloyd Garrison in formal dress.

Philosophy

From William Lloyd Garrison to Tolstoy, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.

November 18, 2025Bennett Parten

Philosophy

From William Lloyd Garrison to Tolstoy, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.

November 18, 2025Bennett Parten

From William Lloyd Garrison to Tolstoy, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.

Friedrich A Hayek Gold Coin. Head side reads "Denationalization of Money" with Hayek portrait. Reverse reads "1/2 ounce pure gold."

The Right

Goldbugs

November 17, 2025Quinn Slobodian

The Right

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

Reviews

Palestinians in Their Own Words, Their Own Genres

November 14, 2025Coleson Smith

Palestinians in Their Own Words, Their Own Genres

The Ostriches

The Ostriches: Part III

November 12, 2025Val Vinokur

The Ostriches

The Ostriches: Part III

November 12, 2025Val Vinokur

The Ostriches: Part III

Woman in veil looks onto a busy street

Reviews

Naguib Mahfouz’s Last Dreams of Cairo

November 11, 2025Mariam Matar

Reviews

Naguib Mahfouz’s Last Dreams of Cairo

November 11, 2025Mariam Matar

Naguib Mahfouz’s Last Dreams of Cairo

Crowd of people march in the rain in protest. A woman at the front holds a banner that shows a red triangular road sign with the word "kultura" sliding off a cliff into waves

Politics

It May Be the Last Time

November 10, 2025Edvardas Šumila

Politics

It May Be the Last Time

November 10, 2025Edvardas Šumila

It May Be the Last Time