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A despicable political ad exploiting a rival’s childhood sexual abuse draws a cheer of “Thank God” from America’s corrupter-in-chief, illustrating how low he and his party have sunk.
Thank God for Child Sex Abuse Read More »
The Cow, Michel Foucault, and Our Society: A Critical History of an Innocent Animal
গরু, মিশেল ফুকো ও আমাদের সমাজ; একটি নিরীহ প্রাণীর অনিরীহ ইতিহাস Read More »
The idea that a prominent intellectual can always stand above, in a moral realm untouched by events or great tragedies, is an illusion that deserves scrutiny.
A Colorado constitutional amendment proposal codifies what most Americans prefer to deny (or just don’t care about): that we are a functionally illiterate country.
Middle School America Read More »
Afghan refugees are not asking for sympathy. They are asking for the right to learn, to grow, and to reclaim the futures conflict has stolen.
The Boy I Was: Afghanistan, and the Dreams I Carried into Exile Read More »
The simultaneous decline of the Social Democrats and Sweden Democrats in the Swedish election results suggests multidirectional sorting rather than collective indecision, with different groups responding to different combinations of welfare, migration, economic change, crime and political identity.
The Afterlife of Tidö: Sweden’s Fractured Political Landscape Read More »
There was never a finished human. Becoming is inevitable; its direction is not.
There Was Never a Finished Human: AI and the History of Our Becoming Read More »
A driveway conversation between an Afghan writer and a Bengali neighbor over Binoy Majumdar’s Phire Esho, Chaka opens a meditation on translation and exile: what is carried across borders and what is permanently lost.
Phire Esho, Chaka: On Translation, Kabul, and the Things Left Behind Read More »
Comparing India’s Gen-Z protests with those in Nepal and Bangladesh, which resulted in regime change, flattens structurally incomparable outcomes. Bangladesh and Nepal both crossed a threshold that India’s protests never approached.
Jantar Mantar Gen Z Protest: The Weakest Uprising in South Asia, Declared Victory Read More »
Looking at the debate surrounding modern technology today, aka artificial intelligence, the 19th-century debate over the use of machines in the textile industry looks very similar.
Were The Luddites Ahead of Their Time? Read More »
Written in Sand: International Pressure and Girls’ Education Under the Taliban
Skrevet i sand: Jenters utdanning under Taliban Read More »
