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Moms for Liberty Came to Philly. Philly Came for Them. Moms for Liberty Came to Philly. Philly Came for Them.

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Books & the Arts

Rockwell Kent’s View From Greenland

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His paintings reveal the value of looking carefully at the territory and the hazards of imperial misrepresentation

Books & the Arts / Andrew Holter

Lyn Hejinian’s Republic of Readers

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In the poet’s last work, Lola the Interpreter, she treats her readers as true interlocutors, inviting them into the act of interpretation alongside her.

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Jacob Lawrence, detail from Struggle Series—No. 10: Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1954.

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The United States’ founding moment from Washington Crossing the Delaware to the paintings of Jacob Lawrence, Kara Walker, and Kent Monkman.

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Michal Kaliszan and his mother at Michal's graduation from the University of Waterloo, where he studied computer science.

When Death Is the Best Choice, Is It a Choice at All? When Death Is the Best Choice, Is It a Choice at All?

Disabled Canadians need support, but without proper government funding, voluntary death through MAID may be their only option.

Feature / Nora Loreto

Without Apology: Abortion in Literature

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Some of the most powerful, important abortion narratives show working-class women terminating their pregnancies without regret or anguish.

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In the Attacks on Trans Rights, We’re Seeing the Rise of a New Confederacy

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Delegation staff members meet in the lobby on June 21, 2026, for a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland.

The Iran Disaster Is an Opportunity to Turn Away From Hawkish Idiocy and Reset Our Relationship With the Region The Iran Disaster Is an Opportunity to Turn Away From Hawkish Idiocy and Reset Our Relationship With the Region

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Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu gives a news conference in Jerusalem on June 15, 2026, announcing his intention to run in elections later this year.

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