By John Zada With the Internet and social media offering everyone an instant voice and platform, it sometimes feels as …
A Beacon of Sanity in Our Age of Polarity: On Contemporary Sufism and the Works of Idries Shah
February 2017
Willy Loman in Tehran: Asghar Farhadi and the Death of the American Dream
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Dancing with Science: Collaborating for Vocational Activism and Effective Citizenry
By Amy M. Wilkinson On a recent icy morning, a group of fourth-graders from Peirce Elementary International Studies School arrived …
Best of February
Dearest supporters, readers, and friends: Ah, February — the tiniest month that packs the mightiest punch. This month, everyone in …
The “Civilized” World Looked On and Did Nothing
I grew up believing that American democracy was the corrective to the fascist virus that overtook Germany in the 1930s, …
The Language Behind a (Short) Brutal Affair: An Interview with Translator Stefan Tobler
By Stephanie LaCava One of two published long-form works by Brazilian writer Raduan Nassar, A Cup of Rage is a …
Asking for a Friend: I Can’t Look Away from the News Feed
Dear Olive, I have become obsessed with the news. I was addicted to the scroll before, but with this new …
Between the History of Zimbabwe and the Future of America
By Nathan Deuel We fell to our knees, high above a gorge, at an under-visited safari lodge beside one of …
How to Be a Good Communist
By Austin Dean Last summer, a bookstore in the Shanghai Pudong Airport listed an unlikely bestseller: To be Turned into …
On “Traditional Ecological Knowledge” for the 21st Century
By Jon Christensen There are different stories to be told about our relationship with nature, different understandings, different knowledge, still. …
