Through a Lens Darkly

… front lines in eastern Congo are being killed, raped and abducted by both Tutsi rebels and government troops despite a lull in fighting. (Lynsey Addario)
Rukiatu Gbassah feeds her daughter, Amada Gbassah, thirty-one, who remains in a coma due to complications associated with preeclampsia days after delivering her first child at the Gondama Referral …

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Too Much Future

… is Flüstern und Schreien, which was released in 1989.

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Christina A. West

… relation to what’s happening with the figures.
Screen has two main rooms, both of which I’ve divided with a wall. There are three cameras that feed into monitors located throughout the rooms. All of the cameras are on a 20-second delay—in the instance that you’re in the space with the …

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Bad Blood

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The Future Is Feminist Book Collecting

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Inane and Insane

… staring stupefied at my phone after reading about this encounter, half laughing and half marveling at the mix of insanity and inanity that filters into our news feeds. This was neither the craziest nor the most urgent story of the day—for that, look to the horrific murder and dismemberment of a prominent journalist in …

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Black Birds of the Tower

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Something Witchy This Way Comes

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Threepenny Thriller

… Bastek.
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Shifting Sands

… sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.
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