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My grandmother hid in a hole in Nagoya. My grandfather was a soldier in China.
Palisades Fire in Los Angeles by CAL FIRE_Official, January 2025. Public Domain. The scale of destruction inflicted by the wildfires that ripped through Los Angeles last month is unprecedented. Sixteen hundred buildings incinerated. Nearly two
Kathryn Pannepacker and Tieshka Smith | Northeast Times We chat with Tieshka K. Smith about how community engagement informs her practice as a social documentarian. We also focus on photography she made as part of the Stand With Ukraine
Artistic Collaboration, Exile, and Brecht: A New Intellectual History, 1900-1950by Katherine Hollander (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025) To say Bertolt Brecht had an eventful life would be an understatement. He fathered four children by three women; enjoyed a
Credit: Benjamin Busch “Hale? Who is Hale?” The bartender told Jacob that she hadn’t seen Hale, that besides, the description he’d given her matched hundreds of foreign men in the city. Then she said he
The Marvels of Little Extents Our god is awake but chose to ignore us as a cloudemptying glass into a child’s mouth there were days he gifted us the sky as a culture plate
First stop: Medieval Jewish Prayer House—Középkori Zsidó Imaház American historians say Hungary’s political system is dangerous, but conservatives find inspiration in its Christian government. I expected dark shadows in Budapest storefronts, people yearning for freedom. Instead,
Palestinian Woman | Acrylic on canvas | 2024 To be a Palestinian mother, you must learn some simple things: how to hold your wounded child until he sheds his last drop of blood; crafting words to
David Roochnik reviews journalist Peter Beinart’s Substack site, Beinart Notebook, a weekly “show” where he discusses issues concerning Israel-Palestine with his guests.
Photo credit: W. Greeson, USMC افغان “Yes, kaka zoi, I’m coming!” Hamid had been awake for an hour when he heard his cousin Kadir’s whistle. He had already revived the dying embers in the mud-brick
A poster left by a participant taking part in a candlelight vigil and silent protest organized as part of the #JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies | August 11, 2014 near the United Nations in New York.Photo credit: DON EMMERT/AFP
