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Woman, Life, Freedom

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

Pinochet pointing upward

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

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth laughs during a cabinet meeting hosted by President Donald Trump on December 2, 2025.

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

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani looks on as New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during the grand opening of the Urban League Empowerment Center in Harlem, New York City, on November 12, 2025.

Mamdani's Socialism—and Us; Plus, Football and Concussions Mamdani's Socialism—and Us; Plus, Football and Concussions

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Bhaskar Sunkara analyzes the constraints New York’s new mayor will face, and Dave Zirin comments on brain injuries among football players.

Dec 3, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

The Tunnel Home: A Story of Housing First

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, 1983.

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

Khan Younis, Gaza, November 30, 2025.

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

Cow

Cow Cow

Invasion.

Dec 2, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Italian painter Primo Conti drawing from life a portrait of Italian writer and dramatist Luigi Pirandello. Italy, 1920s.

Luigi Pirandello’s Broken Men Luigi Pirandello’s Broken Men

The Nobel Prize-winning writer was once seen as Italy’s great man of letters. Why was he forgotten?

Dec 2, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Gus O’Connor

Jafar Panahi at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.

Jafar Panahi Will Not Be Stopped Jafar Panahi Will Not Be Stopped

Imprisoned and censored by his home country of Iran, the legendary director discusses his furtive filmmaking.

Dec 2, 2025 / Q&A / Nick Hilden

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