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Gaza City, December 8, 2025.

My Sister’s Death Still Echoes Inside Me My Sister’s Death Still Echoes Inside Me

Rewaa was killed by an Israeli bomb. Her absence has broken me in ways I still cannot describe.

Feb 3, 2026 / Asmaa Dwaima

Palestinians exercise on a beach in the Deir al-Balah Palestinian refugee camp on June 14, 2023.

At the Doorstep of Tomorrow At the Doorstep of Tomorrow

Faced with endlessly narrowing possibilities, I return to my diary in an attempt to dream, to imagine a future.

Feb 3, 2026 / Engy Abdelal

A Catalog of Gaza’s Loss

A Catalog of Gaza’s Loss A Catalog of Gaza’s Loss

Recording what has been erased—and making sense of what remains.

Feb 3, 2026 / Deema Hattab

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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