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Society

Jetlag, Broken Bones, Identity Crisis: Parenthood Across Time And Space

Life is a constant transition — and so is parenthood. How do we find balance and meaning in the midst of chaos and uncertainty, asks journalist Ignacio Pereyra in the latest iteration of his “Recalculating” newsletter on parenthood.

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Russia-Ukraine War War in Ukraine

Bakhmut Confidential: Whispered Fears, Endgame Visions

In the ambulances transporting the wounded to the field hospitals, in the vans traveling to the front or in the trains returning them home for a few days’ rest, the soldiers stationed on the Bakhmut front do not talk about military victories or war strategies. They talk about death, and life.

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Society

Kyiv Homework: Write What You’ll Do When The War Is Over

Excerpts from essays by young Ukrainians, aged 15 to 17, yearning for peace in the middle of war.

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In The News

Sonic COVID: Listening To The Pandemic’s Sounds And Silences

Particularly in mega cities like New Delhi, the pandemic and its accompanying lockdowns have changed our audible environment. What does that tell us about where we’re heading?

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In The News

The View From Wuhan, Where China ‘Won The War’ On COVID-19

Eight months after cutting itself off from the world, the Chinese megalopolis is coronavirus-free and back to business as usual, albeit with a healthy dose of propaganda.

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Geopolitics

In Holy City Of Qom, Twenty-Four Hours With Iran’s Mullahs

QOM – “What are you going to do there?” asks an Iranian youth I meet in Tehran. “For us, that’s not even Iran.” My destination is Qom, 120 kilometers south of the capital. On this day, at the end of March 2013 (year 1392 according to the Persian calendar), it is snowing. I arrive at […]

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