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Illustrating the Revolution
by Erin Biel: From amidst the tear gas, a man emerges on the television screen, brandishing a weapon. Sitting atop another’s shoulders and yelling in defiant Arabic,...
Who Else Were You Going to Vote for?
by Aaron Gertler: On May 29, 2010, the voters of Reykjavík, Iceland rejected politics as usual, dumping the Independent and Social Democratic parties in favor of...
Imagining Mumbai
by Dan Gordon: “I’ve traveled to New York, and Paris, and Berlin, and London, and Shanghai, and Kyoto, and Tokyo. But… the city of Bombay remains my favorite...
A Changing Past
by Diego Salvatierra: The camera zooms to a palace window as the most powerful man in Turkey prepares for bed. The year is 1932, and the man is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk,...
A Tale of Two Tangos
by Isabel Ortiz: As the camera zooms in, a pulsing bass beat is suddenly joined by the faraway lilt of a bandoneon. Two dancers stand face-to-face, performing intricate, isolated...
Why Does China Hate its Soccer Team?
by Edmund Downie: Has there ever been a better time to be a Chinese soccer fan? Fans in China enjoy unprecedented attention from Europe’s best teams, who are tripping...
Gaddafi Does Facebook
by Seth Thompson: “I have never spent more time on any other site in my life,” wrote Vyeljko Nyedi on the wall of the Facebook group “Support for Muammar...
Is Cartoon Network Ready for Mideast Peace?
by Jeffrey Dastin: Few events merit renting the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Yet on May 8, 2006, the museum hosted a black-tie dinner in honor of a new television...
Delightful or Dodgy?
by Kelly Schumann: Most dresses are made of cotton, not cow-nipples. But Rachel Freire has a whole collection of couture cow-teat gowns, ranging from jet black to...
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