Writing Rooted in Community
Colette Estelle interviews Giada Scodellaro about Ruins, Child (New Directions, 2026), a hybrid novel on proximity, grief, and community.
How Taiwan is balancing between American and Chinese visions of energy dominance
The strategic goal for most countries is energy systems that are affordable and cannot be blocked or held hostage.
Legal Profession Revolt Against the UK Judge Whose Job is to Protect Israel’s Genocide
The trial of the Filton Four reaches its climax on Friday.
Case Concerning an Inquiry by the International Seabed Authority: Less a Defence of Due Process than an Attempt to...
On 30 May 2026, two deep seabed mining exploration contractors—NORI and TOML (“the contractors”), both subsidiaries of Canada-based The Metals Company (TMC)—lodged an application and a request for …
[EVENT | June 29] America at 250: A Conversation with Adom Getachew, Aziz Rana, and David Waldstreicher
An online event in partnership with Boston Review .
Germany pulled the plug on flagship FCAS fighter jet – the implications for European defence are worrying
The programme got bogged down by disputes over leadership, workshare and intellectual property.
Reading the Times (and Not Just the Paper)
Let me try to tell you what an old man I really am. As a start, imagine this: I still read the New York Times every day on paper. Yes, the paper New York Times still exists! Yikes!
From Demarcation to Administration
How a sensor‑based art project in the Alps challenges the legal obsession with fixed demarcation, and what international law can learn from it.
Subdivided
HBO's Neighbors attempts to capture our mutual loathing and derangement at the neighborhood level. What hope is there for the paranoid suburbs?
North Korea’s Uranium Enrichment Capacity Could Soon Expand by 75%, Analysis Says
Kim Jong Un recently inspected a new facility that could dramatically boost Pyongyang’s ability to make nuclear bombs.
DOJ Targets Michigan Palestine Solidarity Activists With Federal Charges
The charges follow escalating repression by the University of Michigan against pro-Palestine students since 2024.
A Campaign of Disappearances: Inside the Killings, Abductions and Surveillance of Mozambique’s Government Critics
Dozens of opposition members and journalists have been abducted or killed in Mozambique, since the 2024 general elections.
Military Dictatorship in Brazil, Armed Resistance, and the Political Unconscious
In her discussion of two recent films from Brazil, “I’m Still Here” and “The Secret Agent”, Bruna Della Torre detects a partial erasure of the history of the Left.
Trash and dignity: The rise of inclusive recycling projects in Latin America
Across Latin America, initiatives like Eloísa Cartonera, Amazoniko, migrant recycling programs, and women-led cooperatives show how recycling can create jobs, dignity, and circular economy innovation.
The Left Needs Ideas
The profound malaise in the United States cannot be addressed, much less solved, by clever campaign strategies and appealing policy ideas alone.
From “Blinking Red” to AMIA: An Emerging Standard of Intelligence Failure Under the Right to Life
On 1 September 2004, more than a thousand people were taken hostage in School No. 1 in Beslán, North Ossetia. Three days later, at least 334 of them — including 186 children — were dead.
China builds a rival satellite constellation as SpaceX goes public
A Chinese state-backed satellite company is signing the partners and governments Starlink has pushed aside, days before SpaceX’s record listing.
