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“Persepolis” author Marjane Satrapi in Rome in 2012

The Singular Power of Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi’s inimitable art encompassed revolution and war, education and ideology, repression and rebellion.

Jude Law stars as Vladimir Putin in the political thriller The Wizard of the Kremlin

The Poet Among Putin’s Wolves

Olivier Assayas’s The Wizard of the Kremlin is a study of the hedonism and cynicism of Putin’s inner circle.

Andre Pagliarini

The World Cup in an Age of Strongmen

Illustration of the FIFA World Cup trophy beside a mirror where it reflects as a spoof on the sculpture of Atlas holding up the world- this time Atlas is holding up a soccer ball.

Andre Pagliarini

The World Cup in an Age of Strongmen

Books & the Arts

An illustration of protesters from Revolutionary to current times all holding signs saying 'No Kings'

Eric Herschthal

The American Revolution Is Not Complete

Long after the founding, many ordinary Americans saw the Revolution as ongoing—an unfinished fight for freedom and equality.

An idealized 1950s illustration of a bride and groom with the brides face cut out and surrounded by unhappy emojis

Anna Louie Sussman

Can Marriage Survive the Manosphere?

The appeal of marriage is waning in an age of supercharged misogyny.