Muslim Voters Are Sending a Message Muslim Voters Are Sending a Message
With the US election looming on the horizon, Muslim communities in the UK cast their ballots in a way that put Gaza at the forefront.
Jul 12, 2024 / Highlights / Hasan Ali
Nixon and Trump: The Good Women They Defeated Nixon and Trump: The Good Women They Defeated
We remember Trump’s female opponent. Time to remember Nixon’s?
Jun 21, 2024 / Highlights / Michele Willens
Christopher Bollen’s Cairo Thriller Christopher Bollen’s Cairo Thriller
The Lost Americans captures the atmosphere of paranoia and surveillance in the years since 2013.
Jun 20, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Hussein Omar
Is Comedy Really an Art? Is Comedy Really an Art?
A history of comedy’s last three decades of pop culture dominance argues that it is among the consequential American art forms.
Apr 24, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Ginny Hogan
As Atrocities Unfold, Those Documenting Rights Violations Are Getting Laid Off As Atrocities Unfold, Those Documenting Rights Violations Are Getting Laid Off
Human Rights Watch just let go of 39 staffers. Workers are demanding executives take pay cuts instead
Apr 24, 2024 / Highlights / Saliha Bayrak
Columbia Is Waging War on Dissent Columbia Is Waging War on Dissent
The university is under pressure to root out any students or faculty critical of Israel—and it’s already caved.
Apr 1, 2024 / Highlights / Katherine Franke
A Dispatch From the Land of the “Sleepless” A Dispatch From the Land of the “Sleepless”
A French writer’s memoir of her insomnia tries to understand how central sleep is to cultural and intellectual history.
Mar 28, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Alyse Burnside
The Unexpected and Uncertain Result of Pakistan’s Elections The Unexpected and Uncertain Result of Pakistan’s Elections
Former prime minister Imran Khan’s party was banned from running. But as independent candidates, Khan’s allies claim to have won a majority.
Feb 12, 2024 / Highlights / Hasan Ali
Clarence Thomas Broke the Law. Why Is He Not Being Prosecuted? Clarence Thomas Broke the Law. Why Is He Not Being Prosecuted?
The debate about whether Supreme Court justices are bound by ethics rules drew attention away from the fact that Clarence Thomas’s conduct violated federal laws.
Feb 12, 2024 / Highlights / William W. Taylor III
The Metaphysical Horror of “The Curse” The Metaphysical Horror of “The Curse”
From its first moments to its antic end, the series exposes its viewers to an abundance of anxious perturbation but it does something else too: It reveals the absurdity all around...
Jan 12, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Chihaya