Mikhail Zygar is a journalist, historian, and one of the leading figures in the Russian opposition over the past decade. He was the founding editor-in-chief of TV Rain, Russia’s leading independent news outlet. Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Zygar was forced into exile and sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for disseminating “fake news” about the Russian army in 2024.
Tomas Ayuso’s images are jarring distillations of humanity. His pictures are reflections of intense violence, depicting machine guns, police, and bullet wound scars. Yet his photos also contain something unexpected: joy.
Platon is one of the world’s most celebrated photographers, renowned for his portraits of world leaders such as Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Muammar al-Qaddafi, and Bill Clinton, as well as iconic cultural figures including Muhammad Ali, Edward Snowden,…
Ten years ago, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, declaring that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry in all 50 states. For many Americans, it felt like the close of a bitter chapter—the end of a long legal and cultural war. And for Jim Obergefell, the man whose name now sits atop one of the most significant civil rights rulings in United States history, it felt like the first step toward healing.
In August, Democrats in the Texas House fled the state to break quorum in a special session. For two weeks they stayed in Illinois, hoping to delay a redistricting motion put forth by House Republicans, which could gerrymander five seats in the midterm elections.
Dr. Athanasios Balermpas is the Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior and former Secretary General of Citizenship in Greece (2019–2023). He has over 40 years of experience in politics, serving as a senior member of the New Democracy Party….
Paata Shamugia is one of Georgia’s most acclaimed contemporary poets and literary voices. Born in Abkhazia in 1983, he has received the SABA Georgian National Literature Prize twice and served as president of PEN International Georgia from 2018 to 2022….
We have this arrogance that only Western journalists have the monopoly of truth, and they are the only ones who can look at a situation objectively. That’s really arrogant on our part, and we’ve been doing that for decades, descending on countries that don’t speak our language and believing that we’re better than local journalists. We’re obviously not.
