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Displaced Palestinians endure harsh winter conditions in makeshift tents after Israeli attacks destroyed their homes in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip, on January 11, 2026.

There Is No “After Gaza” There Is No “After Gaza”

Whether intentionally or with callous word choice, too many have begun relegating Palestine to the past tense.

Jan 31, 2026 / Sarah Aziza

An ICE recruitment poster displayed in Arlington, Texas, amid a major recruitment event in that city.

Whom Is ICE Actually Recruiting? Whom Is ICE Actually Recruiting?

ICE has lowered standards to facilitate a massive hiring spree. Many of the new recruits are plainly unqualified. Are some also white supremacists or domestic terrorists?

Jan 27, 2026 / Kali Holloway

Cyclists waiting at railroad crossing in Shenyang, China, 1990.

The Dislocations of Shuang Xuetao The Dislocations of Shuang Xuetao

The Chinese writer’s fiction details how the country transformed on an intimate level after the Cultural Revolution.

Dec 30, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Ting Lin

President Donald Trump in the White House in January 2025.

Trump’s Anti-DEI Crusade Is Going to Hit White Men, Too Trump’s Anti-DEI Crusade Is Going to Hit White Men, Too

Under the Trump administration’s anti-DEI directives, colleges would be forced to abandon gender balancing, disadvantaging men.

Dec 23, 2025 / Kali Holloway

A statue of Nathan Hale In front of Connecticut Hall on Yale University campus.

What Do Elite Universities Owe Their Students? What Do Elite Universities Owe Their Students?

As the Ivies push graduates into careers in consulting, finance, and tech, organizers with the Class Action movement are questioning their schools’ corporate partnerships.

Dec 8, 2025 / StudentNation / Aina Marzia

People participate in the Queer Liberation March in New York City on June 29, 2025.

Why Palestine Matters So Much to Queer People Why Palestine Matters So Much to Queer People

Palestinian identity can “upend the whole world order, if done right, if spun right, if we activate it enough. And I think queerness is a very similar kind of identity.”

Dec 5, 2025 / Jad Salfiti

Jeremy Allen White in “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.”

Who’s the Boss? Who’s the Boss?

A bowdlerized biopic of Bruce Springsteen, starring Jeremy Allen White, flattens a musician whose politics and identity are much more complicated.

Oct 31, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

An airplane after taking off after sunrise, 2022.

The Marriage Plot From 50,000 Feet Above The Marriage Plot From 50,000 Feet Above

Kate Folks’s Sky Daddy pokes fun at the need for love at the core of most fiction—dramatizing one woman’s quest for romance through her very literal lust for airplanes.

Oct 30, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Laura Adamczyk

Sister Jeannine Gramick marching alongside individuals at Prague Pride for faith and inclusion, holding a banner that reads “LGBTQ věřící” (“LGBTQ believers”).

The Queer Catholic Group Trying to Reclaim the Church The Queer Catholic Group Trying to Reclaim the Church

At a time when our politics is openly hostile to LGBTQ+ rights, communities like New Ways Ministries are offering a vision of religion not as judgment but as sanctuary.

Oct 3, 2025 / StudentNation / Amara McEvoy

No, the White House Is Not Getting a 90,000-Foot Extension

No, the White House Is Not Getting a 90,000-Foot Extension No, the White House Is Not Getting a 90,000-Foot Extension

But Trump’s doomed proposal does give us a revealing glimpse into his state of mind.

Aug 28, 2025 / Kate Wagner

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