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Tracking the Pacific Drug Highway

The Pacific Drug Highway

The American Dream 100 Years After the National Origins Act

Faces of the American Dream

Youcef O. Bounab

The Worldview of the Afrikaner Diaspora Now Haunts the US

The Apartheid Diaspora

Donald Trump has taken an aggressive stance toward South Africa over its alleged oppression of its white Afrikaner minority, despite a lack of facts backing up his claims. The personnel guiding the new administration, including Elon Musk, may offer a hint at what is driving this new policy.

By Rejecting Evidence of Genocide in Gaza, the US Is Following a Familiar Pattern

America’s Genocide Denial

A New Book Tells Stories of Love and Longing Under Lockdown in Kashmir

Love Under Lockdown

Modi Is Placating Trump on Illegal Migration, Despite Opposition at Home

Managing Migration

Elon Musk Wanted Gamers’ Respect, Instead He Got a Scandal

Musk’s Personal Gamergate

The Limits of a Liberal Understanding of the State

The Boundaries of Liberalism

Mahmoud Hadhoud

Jordan May Be Ready To Challenge Trump

Trump’s Middle East Challenge

Mohanned Al-Arabiat

Podcasts

Fakirs and Holy Men: Mysticism in America, Europe and the Middle East — with Raphael Cormack and Finbar Anderson

Fakirs and Holy Men: Mysticism in America, Europe and the Middle East — with Raphael Cormack and Finbar Anderson

America’s Era of the Entrepreneur — with Erik Baker and Faisal Al Yafai

America’s Era of the Entrepreneur — with Erik Baker and Faisal Al Yafai

Alliances, Antagonism and Ambitions: Inside the BRICS Group — with Gustavo de Carvalho and Kwangu Liwewe

Alliances, Antagonism and Ambitions: Inside the BRICS Group — with Gustavo de Carvalho and Kwangu Liwewe

Editors' Picks

Long Before Shakespeare’s Doomed Youngsters, There Were Majnun and Layla

Long Before Shakespeare’s Doomed Youngsters, There Were Majnun and Layla

Kevin Blankinship

The Past Is Being Destroyed in Palestine — As Well as the Present

The Past Is Being Destroyed in Palestine — As Well as the Present

Ex-Syrian Prisoners Reunite With Music as Their Balm

Ex-Syrian Prisoners Reunite With Music as Their Balm

Hannah El-Hitami

Videos

Who Owns History? The Battle Over the British Museum’s Treasures – With Lydia Wilson

Who Owns History? The Battle Over the British Museum’s Treasures – With Lydia Wilson

Role Reversals: A Palestinian in the Jewish Museum of Berlin on October 7 – With Dana El Kurd

Role Reversals: A Palestinian in the Jewish Museum of Berlin on October 7 – With Dana El Kurd

The Lede: Hala Gorani on Identity, Heritage and Finding Home

The Lede: Hala Gorani on Identity, Heritage and Finding Home

Trumpism’s Mass Appeal

Trumpism’s Mass Appeal

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Contributors

Kareem Shaheen

Kareem Shaheen

"I keep reaching, myself, to find the words, and they fail me. Nothing seems to capture the moment. I wrestle with the recesses of my mind for the words, and then I see a photo of a detainee and I break down and start over. I’m not even Syrian. Just someone who was fortunate to take part briefly in their journey. Why does my heart feel like it will burst?"

Lynzy Billing

Lynzy Billing

"Watching people in the city go about their daily lives and watching the world’s callous indifference to the onslaught in Gaza, just miles away, it was as if time had not moved at all. We had seen this before."

Diane de Vignemont

Diane de Vignemont

"For the women who gather daily in Avignon, Gisele’s courage has created something extraordinary: a sisterhood born of pain and forged in resilience. Together, they are rewriting the narrative of sexual violence, proving that solidarity can rise even from the darkest places."

Peter Guest

Peter Guest

"What is often not captured in the reckoning of the nickel industry is what comes after the mineral wealth is finally exhausted. The rush has descended quickly on economies and cultures that have endured for decades, even centuries, and caused damage that might take generations to repair."