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The Revolutionary Crappiness of Darren Aronofsky’s On This Day … 1776

The generative AI series is tailored to a viewer with radically lowered expectations.

Sulmaan Wasif Khan

How the End of the Cold War Saved the Siberian Tiger

Cooperation between Russia and the United States boosted conservation—and a resurgence in nationalism chilled it again.

Tareq Baconi’s Search for Liberation

A photograph of author Tareq Baconi taken in London, January 14, 2026.

Tareq Baconi’s Search for Liberation

Books & the Arts

An illustration of couch surfing doom scrolling people on islands with one swimming towards a boat with a disco ball with a crowd of people will blue t shirts and the words VOTE FOR visible on the side of the boat

Daniel Schlozman

The Left Has a Hyperpolitics Problem

While the left is often able to excite large numbers to protest, it fails to harness that energy to build lasting political power.

Illustration of a smartphone displaying Chinese characters and a protest scene, partially blacked out to symbolize censorship in China and Hong Kong.

Lessons from China’s Delicate Dance of Censorship and Expression

The parallels between state censorship in China and the US are increasingly striking.