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The Art of Losing
The end of the war in Afghanistan shows the danger of our commitment to perpetual optimism
by Elizabeth D. Samet | Tuesday, November 30, 2021
On Our Knees
What the history of a gesture can tell us about Black creative power
by Farah Peterson | Tuesday, September 07, 2021
Rewilding Our Minds
Why nature is so necessary during the pandemic—and how we repay the debt
by Lucy Jones | Wednesday, June 02, 2021
The China Model
Its economic success and rejection of democratic values have engaged leaders across the globe
by Shakhar Rahav | Monday, March 01, 2021
Putin’s Potemkin Paradise
The troubling appeal of Russia’s blend of political repression and bourgeois comfort
by Graeme Wood | Monday, March 01, 2021
White, Whiteness, Whitewash
The masks we wear in America
by Nancy Isenberg | Tuesday, December 01, 2020
Our Post-Privacy World
Total information awareness may make us feel safe, but will we regret living in a surveillance state?
by Thomas A. Bass | Tuesday, September 01, 2020
Looking Back From the End of the World
What Thoreau can teach us about living life during—and after—the pandemic
by David Gessner | Tuesday, June 02, 2020
No Ghost in the Machine
Artificial intelligence isn’t as intelligent as you think
by Mark Halpern | Monday, March 02, 2020
This Man Should Not Be Executed
Billy Joe Wardlow murdered a man, but mitigating facts say he should not pay for that crime with his life
by Lincoln Caplan | Monday, December 02, 2019
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