Solvej Balle and the Tyranny of Time Solvej Balle and the Tyranny of Time
The Danish novelist’s septology, On the Calculation of Volume, asks what fiction can explore when you remove one of its key characteristics—the idea of time itself.
Dec 4, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Dilara O’Neil
Woman, Life, Freedom Woman, Life, Freedom
Posters in support of the people of Iran displayed at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France.
Dec 3, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later
How Condor launched a wave of cross-border assassinations and disappearances in Latin America.
Dec 3, 2025 / Peter Kornbluh
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
Dec 3, 2025 / Elie Mystal
The Tunnel Home: A Story of Housing First The Tunnel Home: A Story of Housing First
In the 1990s, a group of New Yorkers helped prove the effectiveness of a bold but simple approach to homelessness. Now Trump wants to end it.
Dec 3, 2025 / Feature / Patrick Markee
Muriel Spark’s Magnetic Pull Muriel Spark’s Magnetic Pull
What made the Scottish novelist’s antic novels so appealing?
Dec 3, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Charlie Tyson
The Gaza Genocide Has Not Ended. It Has Only Changed Its Form. The Gaza Genocide Has Not Ended. It Has Only Changed Its Form.
A real ceasefire would mean opening borders, rebuilding what was destroyed, and allowing life to return. But this is not happening.
Dec 2, 2025 / Hassan Abo Qamar
The White House Press Tracker Is a Parody of Media Criticism The White House Press Tracker Is a Parody of Media Criticism
With his approval number plummeting, Trump turns to a familiar strategy: launch a culture war against journalists.
Dec 2, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
I Still Feel a Tiny Bit Sorry for Olivia Nuzzi I Still Feel a Tiny Bit Sorry for Olivia Nuzzi
She violated every journalism ethics code. But her childhood set her up to fall for a string of incompetent daddy-figures too lame to protect her.
Dec 2, 2025 / Joan Walsh