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Inspired by Hungary, Trump Is Turning to Natalism

Reproductive Rights

The Births of a Nation

How Democrats Can Win Back the White Working Class

Populism on the Marx

Gazan Poets Write To Survive

Language as a Lifeline

Writers in Gaza today, threatened by relentless bombardment and displacement and forced to focus their attention on the small details of survival, have been leaning on language to document, communicate and seek refuge from the brutal war that has now entered its second year.

Nashwa Nasreldin

How an American Film in 1984 Shaped the ‘Fetal Personhood’ Movement

Reproductive Rights

Window to the Womb

Diane de Vignemont

Zimbabwe’s Seemingly Endless Currency Crisis

Three Generations, One Crisis

Farai Shawn Matiashe

In Egypt and Sudan, Nubians Are Trying To Bring an Alphabet Back From the Dead

Writing Home

Taylor Swift and the History of the Celebrity Endorsement

When a Pop Star Is a Swing State

Addie Mahmassani

In a Propaganda Move, Russia Targeted and Deported Disabled Children From Ukraine

Deporting the Disabled

Viktoriia Novikova

Israel Killed Nasrallah. Lebanon Will Burn Because of It

The Death of a Symbol

Podcasts

Gazans’ Choice – with Abeer Ayyoub

Gazans’ Choice – with Abeer Ayyoub

How To Lose a Country: The Limits of Democracy — with Ece Temelkuran

How To Lose a Country: The Limits of Democracy — with Ece Temelkuran

Authoritarianism

Survival and Statehood in Ukraine — with Yaroslav Trofimov

Survival and Statehood in Ukraine — with Yaroslav Trofimov

Editors' Picks

Georgia’s Orthodox Bishops Are Fueling a Resurgent Stalin-Worship on TikTok

Assad’s Plan To Keep Syria Out of the War in Gaza

Assad’s Plan To Keep Syria Out of the War in Gaza

Documenting Statelessness in Lebanon

Documenting Statelessness in Lebanon

Meera Santhanam

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Contributors

Surbhi Gupta

Surbhi Gupta

"It is slowly dawning on a section of Indian society that it has to deal with a larger epidemic of rape in the country. 'There is not one rape to protest but a deeply embedded rape culture,' said a recent editorial in The Free Press Journal."

Kwangu Liwewe

Kwangu Liwewe

"After being named one of the top 11 contestants in the pageant, Adetshina faced severe criticism and online bullying from a cross section of South Africans, who claimed that she was not qualified to compete because of her heritage."

Amie Ferris-Rotman

Amie Ferris-Rotman

"Today, much as almost a century ago, bearing children is deemed crucial to the survival of the Russian state. President Vladimir Putin has revived the motherhood cult; in his annual address on International Women’s Day in 2019, he described raising children as a 'reaffirmation of the traditional values that have always been Russia’s strength.'"

Erin Clare Brown

Erin Clare Brown

"Kais Saied’s recent speeches project a funhouse mirror version of a racist ideology normally targeted at Muslims in Europe, spurring a wave of violence against the country’s Black citizens and immigrants"