Arts Feb 03 Using only materials from a refugee camp, artists recreate Syria’s lost treasures Palmyra, Syria, was invaded by the Islamic State last year. But the ancient city was still standing in the winter of 2014 when Mahmoud Hariri began recreating it in clay and wood.
World Feb 02 India’s Supreme Court will reconsider law that criminalizes LGBTQ sexuality India's Supreme Court has decided to re-examine Section 377 of the Indian Constitution, a law it reinstated two years ago that criminalizes LGBTQ sexuality.
Poetry Feb 01 How police harassment and hip-hop turned a Chicago teen into a poet Years after a troubling interaction with police, Nate Marshall would confront the experience in poetry.
Arts Jan 29 How a sharecropper’s son with a third-grade education changed the definition of the word ‘artist’ Thornton Dial, a self-taught artist whose works with everyday materials spoke to the difficulty of black life in the South, challenged stereotypes in the art world.
World Jan 25 With new Olympic guidelines, trans athletes can compete without surgery Transgender athletes can now compete at the Olympics with other athletes of their gender, according to a new set of guidelines adopted Monday.
Poetry Jan 25 The problem with how we look at fatness, in one poem Poet and body positive activist Rachel Wiley wants to change the way we look at fatness.
Arts Jan 21 ‘Imagine our helpless feeling’ — a Syrian writer’s plea to the world Read two new stories from Najat Abdul Samad, a writer living in Syria who has emerged as one of the most striking voices in Syrian literature today.
Poetry Jan 18 The poem that led Missy Elliot to surprise a young fan with a visit What do you do when Missy Elliot shows up at your door? Poet Ashlee Haze found herself asking that earlier this month, after one of her poems caught Elliot’s attention. In “For Colored Girls (The Missy Elliot Poem),” Haze…
Arts Jan 14 ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ ‘The Revenant’ sweep Oscar nominations In an announcement that surprised and delighted fans this morning, "Mad Max: Fury Road," which follows the road warrior Max as he battles for survival in a dystopian wasteland, received 10 Oscar nominations.
Arts Jan 13 Life after water on the Iran-Afghanistan border Mahdi Barchian photographs the unthinkable: life without water.