Omar al-Najjar
In Gaza’s Hospitals

It’s not easy to work under continuous military attack, to wake up and close your eyes to injuries and corpses, to feel helpless to stop it all.

James Fenton
Catching the Moment

John Singer Sargent saw into the souls of his models, whether they were society women, nude men, or lower-class Venetians. How did he do it?

Ariel Dorfman
Clamoring for Life

Though exceptional, fully developed female characters abound in Gabriel García Márquez’s work, only in his last novel, Until August, is a woman the uncontested protagonist on her own journey of self-discovery.

Erica Getto
The Company She Keeps

Molissa Fenley’s kinetic dances emerge from the tension between the lone artist and the collective: her group works resemble kaleidoscopic solos, while her solos feel like duets with a ghost.

An Open Letter in Support of Luciano Canfora

Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, is taking an eighty-one-year-old historian to court for having expressed an opinion on her politics.

Sean Wilentz
Trump’s Delayed Reckoning

The Supreme Court has not yet decided whether to grant Donald Trump criminal immunity—but its handling of the case has already worked in his favor.

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