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Good Lives

What the denigration of disability tells us about human flourishing.

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The Spirit of ’76

What is living and what is dead in our memory of the American Revolution.

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Knowledge Collapse

AI companies are racing to mechanize mathematics. Where does that leave human understanding?

  • Michael Harris
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The Myth of Gerontocracy

Older people are not holding everyone else back. A more just society requires a different fight.

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Object Lessons

The ceasefire in the Persian Gulf is a prelude to an emerging, precarious realignment.

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War’s Queer Face

The brutal nexus of homophobia and geopolitics in Ukraine.

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How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism

Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

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The Real Border Crisis

The problem isn’t immigration. It’s the failure of liberal democracy itself.

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The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide

Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.

  • Robin D. G. Kelley
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The War on Iran: A Conversation

A roundtable on the consequences of U.S. and Israeli aggression, reactions from Iran and the Iranian diaspora, and the future of Iranian struggles for freedom and democracy.

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Iran After Khamenei

An interview with sociologist Asef Bayat on the U.S.-Israeli war, democratic opposition to the Islamic Republic, and the country’s uncertain future.

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Abortion’s Future

Activists, not elites, are leading the way forward in a world without Roe.

  • Judith Levine

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Dispatches from the Forever Wars

A special section in our Spring 2026 issue, with writing from Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, and the West Bank.

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The still-reverberating consequences of U.S. foreign policy

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The violent reconfiguration of U.S. politics and power

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