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There Is a Word for What Is Happening in Minneapolis

January 30, 2026

A woman hold a cellphone camera leans out from a car while an out of focus police officer stands in front of her.

What an Iranian Filmmaker Learned In Prison

October 22, 2025

A black-and-white photo of Jafar Panahi overlayed onto a green scribble above a yellow diagonal-striped background

The ‘Remarkable Ability’ Many Dissidents Share

September 5, 2025

A black-and-white photo of protesters crowded under and on top of a bridge in Georgia.

The Man Who Could Unite Iran’s Opposition

August 8, 2025

A sketch of a man in a suit with red, green, and white colors smeared around him

This Is What Standing Up to Dictators Looks Like

July 25, 2025

Photo of Masih Alinejad against a blue background and white stars

Fleeing Hong Kong Wasn’t Enough

Cora Engelbrecht

March 25, 2025

A man stands in front of a crowd holding signs at a protest

The Iranian Dissident Asking Simple Questions

March 12, 2025

Close-up images of Sadegh Zibakalam and Tehran's skyline

A Mindset for the Trump Era

December 13, 2024

Many white and opaque silhouettes walking in one direction, one in bright red walking the other way, with a giant shadow of Donald Trump behind them.

Can Neurodiversity Defeat Doublethink?

Conor Friedersdorf

June 25, 2019

The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke at the R20 Austrian World Summit, in Vienna, on May 28, 2019.