Around the World

"For a long time now I haven't been I."

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

All Borderlands Are Ghost Lands
In the end, all borderlands are ghost lands, and every border is painted in blood. Many of those fleeing today, caught in their exhaustion and despair on our television screens, carry with them similar stories.
Ranbir SidhuOct 9, 2015
- Around the World
South African Feminism, Lady Gaga, and the Flight Toward “Queer Utopia”
As a fundamental human desire, the power to imagine new worlds that explode existing ones through gender performance and symbolism is universal.
Desiree LewisSep 28, 2015
- Around the World
- Gender & Sexuality
A Memoriam for the Indian Soldier
"Farthest Field" is, in some way, a memoriam for the Indian soldiers who died in this war.
Neha SharmaSep 22, 2015
- Around the World
- Nonfiction
The Sahel Sang Back
"Walking with Abel" is a patchwork of culture-colliding exchanges — a careful rendering of one of the world’s last remaining migratory peoples.
Adam McCauleySep 22, 2015
- Around the World
- Nonfiction
Drums and Loyalty: Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping’s Parallel Power Parade
Xi Jinping and Modi both understand that the desire for drums and loyalty-parades is buried deep in the hearts of their people
Mishi SaranJul 23, 2015
- Around the World
- Politics
A New Spirit in Israeli Culture
Tom Teicholz interviews Yair Assulin.
Tom TeicholzJul 13, 2015
- Around the World
“All I Have Is a Voice”: On Greece’s National Confusion
How is it possible, you might say, that an entire nation is befuddled?
Stephanos PapadopoulosJul 12, 2015
- Around the World
Where Criticism Is Counterrevolutionary: Tania Bruguera on Cuba and the Fight for Free Speech
An exclusive interview with Tania Bruguera following the Havana Biennial exhibition of art.
Tom ZoellnerJul 8, 2015
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Building Beyond Capitalism
"Was (is) there something in it that suggests ways of building cities outside of capitalism?"
Ben PaynterJul 4, 2015
- Around the World
- Art & Architecture
Perspectives on Polish Migration and the Social Cooperative Movement
A new movement of social cooperatives responds to the detritus of free market economics.
David ShawJul 2, 2015
- Around the World
Greening Justice: Can Disparate Actors Heed Pope Francis’s Call for Unity?
A new encyclical on climate change from Pope Francis unites spiritual, material, and moral visions of environmental justice.
Rubén MartínezJun 23, 2015
“We Are a Bunch of Remittance Addicts”: An Interview with Imee Marcos, Governor of Ilocos Norte, Philippines
An interview with Imee Marcos, Governor of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Magdalena EdwardsJun 20, 2015
- Around the World
- Cultural Studies

Around the World

"For a long time now I haven't been I."— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

"For a long time now I haven't been I."

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet