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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.
A Year of Magical Thinking
Elite impunity has fueled the fantasy that catastrophes are for other people.
How to Hold a City Hostage
Historian Stuart Schrader on the untold history of police unions—and how they helped catapult cops to new heights of power and impunity.
The War on Iran: A Conversation
Four scholars 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.
Standing at the Gates of Hell
In the West Bank, the war on Iran has removed all restraints on settler violence against Palestinians.
Hunted and Banned
Efforts to control Black mobility—from early passports to the Fugitive Slave Act—laid much of the groundwork for today’s border regimes.
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The War on Iran
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.
“The tools first used to govern Black mobility had become mapped onto increasingly larger segments of the population.”
—Robyn Maynard, “Hunted and Banned”
“West Bank Palestinians are determined to stay. If they face a new catastrophe, it will not be one of exile.”
—Raja Shehadeh, “Standing at the Gates of Hell”
“If Chuol dies like other Sudanese or South Sudanese, the DHS lawyer continued, it’s not personal. He is just dead.”
—Joshua Craze, “Poor Historians”
“I thought, well if I die, at least I’m with my mother, at least my mother won’t feel the loss of a child.”
—Naghmeh Sohrabi, “The Catastrophe That Has Befallen All of Us”
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