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The investigation into the origin of papyrus fragments that the owners of Hobby Lobby purchased from an Oxford scholar underscores papyrology’s long history of shady deals and ulterior motives.

The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump

The investigation into the origin of papyrus fragments that the owners of Hobby Lobby purchased from an Oxford scholar underscores papyrology’s long history of shady deals and ulterior motives.

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The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump

The investigation into the origin of papyrus fragments that the owners of Hobby Lobby purchased from an Oxford scholar underscores papyrology’s long history of shady deals and ulterior motives.

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The long read: His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle ha...

On a Wednesday evening in December, I took a tour of a parking garage that had been transformed into housing. It was located in the northeast of Paris, in

A conversation with Amanda Marton Ramaciotti about exploring her mother’s schizophrenia it — as a journalist and a daughter.

Anne Hidalgo’s mayoralty illustrates the limits of local responses to national and international problems like housing and climate change. Without wider coordination, even the most successful mayor’s ...

The long read: His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle ha...

The long read: His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle ha...

Until 2024, the objects on display in “Trésors sauvés de Gaza” (“Treasures Saved from Gaza”), an exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris that

Workers at an athletic apparel factory in Lesotho that make clothes for Reebok, The Greg Norman Company, and others allege assault, humiliation, intimidation, and bullying.

Five Iranian women, all human rights activists, write of life behind bars.

Transgender people in China — no matter their age — require parental consent to transition.

A review of the week with the latest news.

A review of the week with the latest news.

Poems from two threatened languages in Latvia.

In Paris, experts are modeling ways to revive the burned cathedral’s centuries-old acoustics. A Times interactive shows how space can affect what we hear.

Notes from the annual Nietzsche colloquium in Switzerland.

The political stakes are high for Marine Le Pen as the French far-right leader and other party officials went on trial Monday for allegedly embezzling EU funds. The much-awaited trial could upend the…

Medical exams to determine the age of asylum seekers are putting minors at risk.

Medical exams to determine the age of asylum seekers are putting minors at risk.

Pitching The Dial The Dial is a new online magazine of culture, politics, and ideas with a focus on locally sourced writing from around the world. We welcome pitches for original reporting, pieces of ...

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The Dial is an online magazine of culture, politics, and ideas with a focus on locally sourced writing from around the world.

Combinations of characters on a screen mean nothing without agency and intention.

Paisley Currah • Trevor Jackson • Kim Phillips-Fein • Ian Frazier • Adam Gaffney • Madeleine Schwartz Paisley Currah This is what Donald Trump could do to

Although they were designed to elevate the periphery by decentring the city, the villes nouvelles achieved the opposite...

Journalists forced out of their home countries reflect on how displacement has affected their work.