The year 1989 in Beijing opened chilly and white, with a soft, clean snowfall. Who could guess that within just a few months it would be the scene of cataclysm—or that blood, flesh, and death would…
Meredith Whittaker on Twitter / X
I read it. And I'll engage here in good faith. But before I get into substance, I implore you to open the window, touch grass, and let yourself connect with the reality of what’s happening right now. This is a world historical moment. Please recognize what ICE is at this time,… https://t.co/DJVVqNX6oX— Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) January 29, 2026
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military…
Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
The Falling Man
Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in it, are our most intimate connection to the horror of that day.
August 26-27, 2026 — Deadly flash flood hits Nepal-China border region | CNN
A frantic search is underway for the more than 1,300 people believed missing — including at least 700 foreigners.
DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts
Using a 1930s trade law, Homeland Security targeted the man—who hasn’t entered the US in more than a decade—following posts on X condemning the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Seymour M. Hersh · The Killing of Osama bin Laden
Would bin Laden, target of a massive international manhunt, really decide that a resort town forty miles from Islamabad...
They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.
China’s dreamers and dropouts: ‘lying flat’ generation checks out in Dali
Cheap, remote and beautiful city attracts thousands of young people and Gen X-ers escaping economic treadmill
Revealed: How undercover agents spied on anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota
DHS officers posed as concerned citizens, joining Signal groups and taking photos of community meetings
Trauma Junkie
[First place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest for Fiction.] It’s Christmastime, and over the hills, in the faraway furrows of one of those endless tracts of half-submerged land, a main battle tank sits in a ditch, decomposing, festering. My tank. But the neighborhood seems to have forgotten, here in the shadow of the old Hospital, that shining ziggurat high above. An aspiration, once — and an obligation.
Glum mood overhangs China's Asian Games - 'People just don't care'
China hopes to make a splash with the Asian Games, opening on Saturday, but nationwide excitement has been muted as the economy sputters and some locals question the cost of the sporting extravaganza.Delayed a year by COVID-19, the quadrennial games, kicking off in the eastern city of Hangzhou, will be China's biggest sporting event in over a decade, with more than 12,000 athletes from 45 nations competing in 40 sports.Organisers this week expressed confidence in holding a "magnificent" games, thanks to President Xi Jinping’s "important instructions" and great, broad-based efforts. Analysts agree the event will likely go smoothly, given China's
Lake Nyos in Menchum
Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.
Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family…
The son of Weather Underground radicals Bernardine Dohr…
