In New York, immigrants from Uzbekistan finally have a team to cheer. […]
World Cup fever from Tashkent to Coney Island Avenue
Palantir next door?
In northern Norway, a tech billionaire’s new property raises questions that hit close to home. […]
NYRB: Suzy Hansen on Pete Hegseth
“Made in the USA,” Suzy Hansen (Turkey, 2007-2009) reviews two books by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for The New York Review of Books, June 11, 2026 […]
The last thing we need is more marches
Here’s what to do instead. […]
The impious curiosity of archaeologists
Neil Silberman reports from Israel in 1985 about a struggle for political and spiritual power over excavation sites. […]
When a far-off war comes knocking at your door
The Iran conflict pushes the Philippines toward energy precarity. […]
The Atlantic: Eve Fairbanks on AI-generated writing
Look closely and you’ll see that every part of the text is not quite right. […]
POLITICO: Emily Schultheis on Ukraine’s front line in Antartica
How a mint-green research base, 14 scientists, and a gentoo penguin colony became part of Ukraine’s war strategy. […]
Memorial Day in France
The French-American friendship lives on in monuments and ceremonies. […]
The changing geopolitics of LGBTQ+ liberation
What will a future without US leadership look like? […]