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How I Manifested Better Friendships

In the last few months, my Instagram feed has been full of videos advising single women out there to make a list of all the qualities they are...

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Meehika Barua

A Year After Assad’s Fall, I Still Remember That Glorious Morning

I was still asleep in Doha when the news broke on the morning of Dec. 8, 2024. The regime of Bashar al-Assad had finally fallen. The euphoria I...

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Hassan Hassan

What Trump’s ‘Historic’ Rwanda-DR Congo Peace Deal Doesn’t Achieve

Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump hailed a “historic” peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. Yet there was no public...

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Liam Karr And Yale Ford

Me, My Film, and My Massive Brain Tumor

Here are two things about me: I recently directed and co-wrote a film starring Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, and Callum Turner. It’s called...

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David Freyne

Trump Needs a New Ukraine Strategy

I hope Special Envoy Steve Witkoff made some progress toward ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine when he met with President Vladimir Putin in...

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Michael Mcfaul

Country Music’s Surprising Political History

Country singer Zach Bryan is making headlines after a snippet of his new song “Bad News,” posted on the singer’s Instagram, revealed what some...

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Dominic J. M. Howell

I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True

One hundred days ago, near the end of August, I left my position as chief medical officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

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Dr. Debra Houry

How America Fell in Love With Soccer

Back in the 1980s, around when I first moved to the U.S., Republican Congressman Jack Kemp, then one of conservatism’s brightest stars who’d...

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Andrés Martinez

The Problem with Trump Accounts

At the White House this week, tech CEO Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, announced a $6.25 billion gift to support one of the President’s signature...

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Neale Mahoney And Adam Shaw

The Modi-Putin Summit Is a Message to Trump

Even as Russia once again made clear this week that it had no intention of pursuing genuine peace negotiations on Ukraine, Vladimir Putin landed in...

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Harsh V. Pant

Narges Mohammadi: Iran Is Still at War—With Its People

Even when no bombs are falling, the people of Iran do not experience what can truly be called peace since they live under a state that controls...

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Narges Mohammadi

My Purebred Dachshund Is My White Privilege

The way people treat my dog says more about how they see me than I ever imagined. My fiancée and I bought our purebred sausage dog from a farm...

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Yseult Polfliet Mukantabana

The False Promise of Democracy in Iraq

On a sunny November afternoon, I walked past Gulbenkian Hall, a centre for modern art, which opened in 1962 on al-Tayyaran Square near the Tigris...

04.12.2025 10

Nabil Salih

Immigration Isn’t an ‘Invasion’—It’s the Answer to an Invitation

A harrowing new normal has emerged in U.S. immigration enforcement. The chase-down of immigrants, traditionally a tactic employed by the Border...

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Irvin Ibargüen

The Holidays Can Be Brutal When You’re Grieving

Right after Halloween each year, the same messages slide into my inbox: “This will be my first Thanksgiving without my mom. How do I get through it...

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Rebecca Soffer

What Democratic Leaders Still Don’t Understand About Populism

The convergence of Republican President Donald Trump with, of all people, New York’s Incumbent Democratic Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani in recent...