
A Self Divided
Since the rise of cable TV, corporations have sought to capture our valuable attention. But the way social media shatters our ability to focus has new implications for public discourse and politics.
March 27, 2025 issue
Of Light
Payal Kapadia’s films are defined by the slippage between women’s longing and the dogged grip of reality—not least of India’s unyielding social divisions.
March 14, 2025
An Expanding Vision of America
Major new books about the peoples who lived in North America for millennia before the arrival of Europeans are reshaping the history of the continent.
March 27, 2025 issue
‘Mahmoud Is Not Safe’
Mahmoud Khalil’s detention is the result not just of the Trump administration’s agenda but of more than a year of moral panic around pro-Palestine protest.
March 15, 2025
USAID: Goodbye to All That?
By gutting USAID, the Trump administration has imperiled the lives of thousands—and threatened the very future of the humanitarian and development industries.
March 12, 2025
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Sadhbh Walshe: Why Irish America Is Not EvergreenAt this St. Patrick’s Day, one could be fooled into thinking that the Irish-American community is as robust as ever. But US immigration rules have largely closed the door to new entries, leading inexorably to a “graying” of Irish America.
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