Spotlight
Israel’s Near-Sighted ‘Brilliant’ Attack
The incident of the exploding pagers is being celebrated by many in Israel as brilliant intelligence work. What it will actually accomplish, however, is far from clear.
Reclaiming the Sari
Young women in Pakistan are exerting their agency by embracing the sari, which is often met with backlash in the country because of its association with India and Hinduism.
The Exploding Pagers and the Future of Terrorism
It is generally impossible to predict how an individual let alone a society at large will react to events that trigger a sense of mass terror, a feeling that danger lurks around the corner or, as with Lebanon in the recent spate of exploding Hezbollah pagers, in the pocket of the man standing just ahead of you at the grocery store checkout counter.
Released From Prison, a Russian Anti-War Artist Is Still Working To Free Herself
Unlike seasoned opposition figures in Russia, jailed for their anti-war activism after the Kremlin failed to push them into exile, Alexandra Skochilenko, the once-obscure artist from St. Petersburg, was not at all mentally prepared to spend two years behind bars. Now, she also finds herself ill-prepared for freedom.
War Upends Southern Lebanon
Throughout southern Lebanon, yellow and green Hezbollah flags flutter from buildings, billboards show Hassan Nasrallah and posters of dead fighters line the streets. Our trip was accented by Israeli warplanes and drones, incoming and outgoing artillery, and funerals of Hezbollah soldiers — a normal week for the civilians living there.
The Origins of Trump’s Ohio Pets Conspiracy
The unfounded narrative that Haitian immigrants were eating pets reached national attention this week after being repeated first by Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance and then his running mate Donald Trump at the latter’s debate with Kamala Harris.
Israel’s War Spreads to the West Bank
Inside Jenin refugee camp, Palestinians were living in an active battlefield as the Israeli military took over, turning houses into military bases and forcing women and children to flee at gunpoint.