Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’ Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’
Reading poetry over the phone, David Ferry and loved ones find an antidote to loneliness.
May 5, 2021 / Something Is Happening Here / Elizabeth Emma Ferry and Stephen Ferry
Waiting for Catastrophes While Living Under the Specter of Pandemic and War Waiting for Catastrophes While Living Under the Specter of Pandemic and War
When “How are you doing?” is also a question of politics and the world.
Apr 28, 2021 / Something Is Happening Here / Vijay Prashad
Humanity Faces a Climate Emergency—Shouldn’t That Be News? Humanity Faces a Climate Emergency—Shouldn’t That Be News?
A sense of catastrophe has faded even as the environmental emergency has intensified.
Apr 20, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
In the Depths of the Pandemic, Tracing My Family’s Contact In the Depths of the Pandemic, Tracing My Family’s Contact
A family grapples with disappearance, loneliness, and angst during a pandemic.
Mar 31, 2021 / Something Is Happening Here / Joël Díaz
‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions ‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions
Fukushima, Covid, rampant suicide—we’re asked to overcome, to forget, but healing requires confrontation.
Mar 24, 2021 / Something Is Happening Here / Lisa Torio
Here’s What Leaders Facing Global Crises Can Learn From Mikhail Gorbachev Here’s What Leaders Facing Global Crises Can Learn From Mikhail Gorbachev
His radical stances on security are needed as much now as when he was in power.
Feb 23, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Biden Can’t Lose Sight of the Nuclear Crisis Biden Can’t Lose Sight of the Nuclear Crisis
How the new president can keep the world safe from nuclear annihilation.
Jan 19, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Iran Is Nearing Collapse Under the Strain of Covid-19 Iran Is Nearing Collapse Under the Strain of Covid-19
Tens of millions are reeling under an unholy trinity of pandemic, US sanctions, and government misrule.
Dec 21, 2020 / Ahmad Jalalpour
Trump Attempts One More Preelection Power Grab Trump Attempts One More Preelection Power Grab
An executive order establishing new hiring and firing practices will, if he is reelected, give him extraordinary control over almost the entire civil service.
Oct 27, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky