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What Went Right
The pioneering Islamic Studies scholar John Esposito, who died Wednesday, spent his life explaining the Islamic world to his fellow Americans and combating Islamophobia in the West. He cast a long shadow.
Physics and the Paranormal
From experiments with psychedelics to Nobel Prize winners interested in fitting consciousness into physical theories, research into the inexplicable is gaining ground in the academy.
Yemen’s Airspace Crisis Threatens a Return to Full-Scale Civil War
A standoff over which flights are allowed to take off and where they can land is pushing the country toward all-out civil war for the first time since the 2022 truce.
Mamdani’s ‘Mapgate’ Reveals New York’s Changing Immigrant Politics
The omission of Little Italy from New York's immigrant enclaves map ignited a political firestorm. Behind the backlash lies a broader shift: the waning political influence of the city's historic “white ethnic” communities.
How the World Cup Helped America See Itself Afresh
Foreign soccer fans fell in love with America during the World Cup, from Boston to Lawrence, Kansas. Americans, in turn, loved watching the viral videos those visitors made about their adventures here. What might Americans learn about their own country from this summer romance?
The Ghosts of the 1982 Falklands War Haunt the Argentina-England Match
When Argentina and England square off in the World Cup, it is much more than a game of soccer — it unearths a long history between the two nations and conjures the ghosts of the 1982 Falklands war. That history weighs heavily on Argentines.
A Truth-Teller for All 10 Villages
In his show “Olu Deniz” (“Dead Sea”), Deniz Göktaş skewered the audience, lampooned the state and took jabs at sacred cows of Turkish culture. Then the rising satirist was arrested.