Billy Wilder’s Battle With the Past Billy Wilder’s Battle With the Past
How the fabled Hollywood director confronted survivor’s guilt, the legacies of the Holocaust, and the paradoxes of Zionism.
Aug 18, 2025 / Ben Schwartz
Trump Won’t Deliver Peace to Ukraine—or Anywhere Else Trump Won’t Deliver Peace to Ukraine—or Anywhere Else
No one can trust the United States when a fickle man-child controls its foreign policy.
Aug 18, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Presidents Trump and Putin Must Seize the Moment in Alaska Presidents Trump and Putin Must Seize the Moment in Alaska
The war in Ukraine is a regional security and humanitarian tragedy, but regarding nuclear weapons, Washington and Moscow stand to benefit from working together.
Aug 15, 2025 / RootsAction and The American Committee for US-Russia Accord
The Bookstores Bridging Divides in Israel The Bookstores Bridging Divides in Israel
People of goodwill on either side of the horror find unity in the search for a good read.
Aug 15, 2025 / Feature / Eric Orner
“It’s Homeland or Death”: The Separatist Movement Roiling the Indian World “It’s Homeland or Death”: The Separatist Movement Roiling the Indian World
Indian Sikhs across the globe want to form an independent breakaway state called Khalistan. The Indian government wants to crush them by any means necessary.
Aug 15, 2025 / Nevin Kallepalli
I’m a Teenager In Gaza. And I Am Starving. I’m a Teenager In Gaza. And I Am Starving.
What hits you first is the exhaustion carved into every face. The sickly pallor. The terrifying weight loss ravaging everyone—yes, including me.
Aug 14, 2025 / Lujayn
We Left Gaza. But Our Pain Came With Us. We Left Gaza. But Our Pain Came With Us.
Palestinians who escaped the horrors of Gaza face a new trauma: the dislocation of exile from our homeland.
Aug 13, 2025 / Feature / Mohammed R. Mhawish
Washington’s Dangerous China Consensus Washington’s Dangerous China Consensus
Fantasies of national unity drive the bipartisan push for a new cold war.
Trump’s “Corridor Wars” in the Caucasus Trump’s “Corridor Wars” in the Caucasus
His deals are informed by hyper-transactional dealmaking.
Aug 12, 2025 / Pietro A. Shakarian