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People inspect damage and remove items from their homes following Israeli air strikes on April 7, 2024 in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

What Edward Said Teaches Us About Gaza What Edward Said Teaches Us About Gaza

On Palestine and the geography of vanishing.

Feb 3, 2026 / Alaa Alqaisi

How to Survive in a House Without Walls

How to Survive in a House Without Walls How to Survive in a House Without Walls

After their home was obliterated, Rasha Abou Jalal and her family remain determined to build a new one, even if it must be built out of nothing.

Feb 3, 2026 / Rasha Abou Jalal

A Palestinian girl carries a gallon of drinking water she filled from a water truck in Khan Younis. Palestinians in Gaza are suffering from a severe water crisis due to the destruction of water wells by Israeli air strikes.

A Ceasefire in Name Only A Ceasefire in Name Only

The language of ceasefire has been repurposed in Gaza: It no longer describes a pause in violence but rather a mechanism for managing it.

Feb 3, 2026 / Mohammed R. Mhawish

What Gaza’s Photographers Have Seen

What Gaza’s Photographers Have Seen What Gaza’s Photographers Have Seen

These pictures are records of a genocidal war, but they are something more, too—they are fragments of Gaza itself

Feb 3, 2026 / Huda Skaik

The Colorful Block in 2025.

The Gaza Street That Refuses to Die The Gaza Street That Refuses to Die

What I saw walking one block in Gaza.

Feb 3, 2026 / Ali Skaik

Melania Trump attends the premiere of “Melania” at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2026.

The Melania in “Melania” Likes Her Gilded Cage Just Fine The Melania in “Melania” Likes Her Gilded Cage Just Fine

The $45 million advertorial abounds in unintended ironies.

Feb 2, 2026 / Katha Pollitt

Zohran Mamdani and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Sam Levine announced more than $5 million in worker restitution and penalties secured from major restaurant delivery app companies.

Mamdani Secures a Multimillion-Dollar Settlement Over Delivery Worker Wage Theft Mamdani Secures a Multimillion-Dollar Settlement Over Delivery Worker Wage Theft

Uber Eats, HungryPanda, and Fantuan also agreed to reinstate 10,000 wrongfully deactivated workers.

Feb 2, 2026 / Prajwal Bhat

Looking for plastic bottle trash at a garbage dump in Aceh province, Indonesia.

Why Do Americans Consume So Much? Look to the Military. Why Do Americans Consume So Much? Look to the Military.

We consume far beyond our means because our military keeps enough of us feeling secure, and we have such a large military because we consume far beyond our means.

Feb 2, 2026 / Andrea Mazzarino

Donald Trump speaks to reporters and members of the media at Mar-a-Lago on February 1, 2026, in Palm Beach, Florida.

How Trump Became the Biggest Crook in the History of Democracy How Trump Became the Biggest Crook in the History of Democracy

The penny-ante bribes of his first term have given way to billions in graft.

Feb 2, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Believe Your Eyes, Not the Lies

Believe Your Eyes, Not the Lies Believe Your Eyes, Not the Lies

Fight for reality against Trump’s false narratives.

Feb 2, 2026 / OppArt / Dara Herman Zierlein

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