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While America and Iran negotiate a ceasefire, Beirut remains under siege
Amy Hau discusses some books by Marilyn Chase, Karin Higa, and Edmund de Waal that have guided her work as a curator
Bondi’s tenure at the Justice Department was marked by incompetence. But her effort to remake it in Donald Trump’s image was “a tragic success,” the contributing writer Ruth Marcus says
The article explores the cyclical nature of history, examining how past events and patterns often resurface in contemporary society, prompting reflection on lessons learned and forgotten.
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings
As President Trump’s deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz looms, Tehran is using lessons from the Iran-Iraq War to prepare for an American escalation
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are charismatic as a couple confronting the fallout from an appalling revelation, but the film itself seems engineered solely to stimulate discourse
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings
Four astronauts are travelling deeper into space than anyone in history. NASA will never be the same
Jésus Armas, a prominent opposition leader, has been in prison in Caracas for the past year. With the country in turmoil, his mother worries about his fate
Trump envisions a new era of offshore oil drilling. Scientists know all too well how that story ends
The author reads her story from the April 13, 2026, issue of the magazine