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TESTIMONY: Sumy, June 22, 2026 — three generations erased in an instant
Profile· No. 384

TESTIMONY: Sumy, June 22, 2026 — three generations erased in an instant

At 4:50 in the morning on June 22, 2026, in the community of Znob-Novhorodske, Shostka district, in Sumy oblast, in northern Ukraine, a Russian…

COLUMN: Regime Change lays bare the imperial presidency of Donald Trump
Column· No. 378

COLUMN: Regime Change lays bare the imperial presidency of Donald Trump

When two New York Times reporters spend three years reconstructing the inside of a presidency, it is no longer a book. It

TESTIMONY: 330,000 Lives on Hold — The Anguish of Ohio's Haitian Families
Profile· No. 363

TESTIMONY: 330,000 Lives on Hold — The Anguish of Ohio's Haitian Families

There is a city in west-central Ohio called Springfield. About 60,000 inhabitants, a manufacturing economy in reconstruction, neighborhoods that have known deindustrialization

TESTIMONY: One Million Signatures — When the Streets Demand the President's Removal
Profile· No. 342

TESTIMONY: One Million Signatures — When the Streets Demand the President's Removal

There are moments when the counter on an online petition stops being an abstract statistic and becomes the heartbeat of a people.

INVESTIGATION: The Republicans Who Broke Ranks — Portrait of a GOP Internal Revolt
Investigation· No. 338

INVESTIGATION: The Republicans Who Broke Ranks — Portrait of a GOP Internal Revolt

Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Donald Trump has governed the Republican Party through a well-worn mechanism: political terror.

TESTIMONY: Bondi, Patel and the Silent Destruction of the DOJ and FBI from Within
Profile· No. 307

TESTIMONY: Bondi, Patel and the Silent Destruction of the DOJ and FBI from Within

There are moments in the history of a democracy when the institutions meant to protect it become its first casualties — devoured

PROFILE: Pezeshkian, the surgeon between two fires — reformist or hostage of the regime?
Profile· No. 288

PROFILE: Pezeshkian, the surgeon between two fires — reformist or hostage of the regime?

On June 17, 2026, two men signed from opposite ends of the world the Islamabad Memorandum — a framework agreement aimed at

PORTRAIT: Guo Jiakun, the Voice of Denial—The Spokesman Defending Beijing Against Moscow
Profile· No. 270

PORTRAIT: Guo Jiakun, the Voice of Denial—The Spokesman Defending Beijing Against Moscow

On January 6, 2025, a 44-year-old man takes his place behind the lectern of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's

ESSAY: Peace Through Strength or Through Weakness — Western Doctrine in Crisis Against Putin
Essay· No. 263

ESSAY: Peace Through Strength or Through Weakness — Western Doctrine in Crisis Against Putin

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the West has been torn by a question that dates back

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