NAZA, a provocative Israeli documentary, should make viewers think about their own moral parameters. Instead, it distances them from the war.

The translator spoke about her desire to retranslate the epic—and her harsh review of the recent film.

The translator spoke about her desire to retranslate the epic—and her harsh review of the recent film.

The president’s recent Truth Social barrage of fake images reflects the dangers—for all of us—of virtual self-aggrandizement.

Francis Fukuyama has long been considered a naive triumphalist. He now wants to set the record straight.

Francis Fukuyama has long been considered a naive triumphalist. He now wants to set the record straight.

Many of the tech billionaires who built our world have taken the wrong lessons from their favorite science fiction.

Many of the tech billionaires who built our world have taken the wrong lessons from their favorite science fiction.

When I was born, the moniker carried a sheen of optimism. So much feels different now.

When I was born, the moniker carried a sheen of optimism. So much feels different now.

When I was born, the moniker carried a sheen of optimism. So much feels different now.

Iran’s foreign ministry is discussing a new Strait of Hormuz shipping route with Oman. Julie Norman and Mark Earls explore...

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An invigorating guide to fighting back—part philosophy, part history, and part manual for living with integrity in an age of conformity and authoritarian driftHow do we push back in a world where poli...

The historians who want to know how our ancestors experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow

Christopher Nolan’s largely deity-free blockbuster adaptation only highlights the humanity of the original.

Christopher Nolan’s largely deity-free blockbuster adaptation only highlights the humanity of the original.

Christopher Nolan’s largely deity-free blockbuster adaptation only highlights the humanity of the original.

An emerging field of history asks if we can ever really understand how our forebears experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow.

PEN America’s president resigned over an article detailing the isolation and exclusion that many Israeli and Jewish writers feel after October 7.

PEN America’s president resigned over an article detailing the isolation and exclusion that many Israeli and Jewish writers feel after October 7.

PEN America’s president resigned over an article detailing the isolation and exclusion that many Israeli and Jewish writers feel after October 7.

PEN America’s president resigned over an article detailing the isolation and exclusion that many Israeli and Jewish writers feel after October 7.

What makes an ordinary person become a dissident? Gal Beckerman explores moral courage through figures like Alexei Navalny, Osip Mandelstam and Etty Hillesum. Then Buzzy Jackson revisits the story …

What the wild success of Regime Change, after a long slump in newsy nonfiction, might say about the state of the presidency.

These philosophers are less arcane—and more relevant—than some readers might think.

These philosophers are less arcane—and more relevant—than some readers might think.

By staging a “spectacle of excess” on the White House lawn, Trump expressed the violent essence of his worldview.

By staging a ‘spectacle of excess’ on the White House lawn, Trump expressed the violent essence of his worldview.

As our nation turns 250, it’s worth asking how best to love one’s country.

As our nation turns 250, it’s worth asking how best to love one’s country.

As our nation turns 250, it’s worth asking how best to love one’s country.

As our nation turns 250, it’s worth asking how best to love one’s country.

Leo XIV’s encyclical about artificial intelligence makes a strong argument in favor of human fallibility.

In this PEN Ten interview, Gal Beckerman discusses How to Be a Dissident, which seeks to teach readers how to fight back.