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I find the decision to deport Mahmoud Khalil most remarkable for its pettiness, its insecurity, and its simultaneous failure to grasp the spirit of America and of academia at their best.

Half a decade on, we now have at least a small body of work that takes on COVID.

Novels about women’s communities tend toward utopian coexistence or ruthless backbiting. The Unworthy does something more interesting.

The Trump administration is rapidly canceling hundreds of grants, in the most aggressive attack yet on American science.

A train-pulling record attempt in Egypt, long-term flooding in Ecuador, a fire-walking festival in Japan, Holi celebrations in India, a pro-Ukraine demonstration in Germany, and much more

The quest to win back the men lost to MAGA opens a rift over class and gender that party leaders are struggling to close.

The president threatened allies with an invasion and hit them with tariffs. For Putin, he had only praise.

Democrats insist that this is a dire moment for the nation. A government-funding deadline is a chance for them to show that they mean it.

Archival images from the last weeks of World War II, taken by an American Army combat photographer during a push across eastern France into southern Germany

Artists can be self-obsessed jerks. But you can get in touch with your artistic side without falling into that trap.

Shocking revelations often used to lead to meaningful governmental reforms. But not in the age of Donald Trump.