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How India’s Gen Z Made Profanity Political
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India

Protests and Profanity

Centrists and Progressives Clash in Michigan’s High-Stakes US Senate Primary
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United States

All Eyes on Michigan

The Tumultuous History Behind Chicago’s Transformation Into a Quantum Metropolis
Essays
United States

Quantum Chicago

Chicago’s transformation from a frontier outpost to a modern metropolis was shaped by dramatic human and environmental ruptures. Three books retelling different aspects of the city’s history can help us grapple with its tense present, and its future in the emerging “quantum” economy.

How an Egyptian Doctor’s Fad Diet Turned Deadly
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Middle East

Israel, Pariah State

The Many Versions of JD Vance
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A Vance for All Seasons

Hany Shenouda, the Maestro Who Modernized Egypt’s Music
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Egypt, Music

The Death of the Maestro

Rahul Gandhi’s Dramatic Arrest Has Boosted His Chances of Taking on Modi
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Rahul Gandhi’s Moment

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The Arguments America Has Never Settled

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Morocco’s Government Is Cracking Down on Rap
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Morocco’s Rap Crackdown

The Protests Gripping India — and Rattling Modi
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India

The Protests Rattling Modi

How the War in Ukraine Reshaped Israel’s ‘Russian’ Community
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Middle East

The Fracture of Israel’s ‘Russians’

Despite Hardship in Gaza, the World Cup Brought Joy
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A Beautiful Respite

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Centrists and Progressives Clash in Michigan’s High-Stakes US Senate Primary

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Lydia Wilson
Lydia Wilson

"Words have been shown as inadequate against the military might of Israel, buttressed by the most powerful countries in the world. We are all impotent witnesses, unable to prevent the atrocities we have been watching for almost 22 long and cruel months. What use are more words? And is it really my place to be the amanuensis of Palestinians?"

Paul Apostolidis
Paul Apostolidis

"People can start to think and feel differently about who bears which costs of our common life when they take the chance of telling and listening to stories of different immigrant groups — together. This makes it possible to sense the profound resonances between, for instance, Greek and Mexican immigrant experiences as well as the jarring ways that such experiences are 'really different.'"

Olivia Snaije
Olivia Snaije

"In literature, there is an unquestioned acceptance of a cultural dominance that is situated in the east, whether formerly in Baghdad or Damascus, or more currently in Cairo, Beirut and increasingly in the Gulf. While Arabic-language literature from the Maghreb does travel east, writers from sub-Saharan Africa feel they are overlooked in the Middle East."

Waleed Nasir
Waleed Nasir

"Pakistan must make a case for “constructive multi-alignment,” finding ways to be a strategic asset to both the U.S. and China, argued Yusuf and Akhtar. But it cannot do that while it continues to be mired in political instability, economic degradation, surging violence from nonstate actors and a hostile neighborhood."