Art by Matt Smith
In 2019, an abandoned smartphone was found partially buried beneath layers of sediment and urine in a South Boston alleyway. This forgotten relic was soon revealed to contain a remarkable audio text describing in great detail the religious beliefs of ancient Scandinavia. This oral manuscript was transcribed and released to the general public as Norse Mythology for Bostonians in early 2020 and translated into English and released as The Impudent Edda in late 2023.
Societal downfalls loom large in history and popular culture but, for the 99 per cent, collapse often had its upsides
- by Luke Kemp
Long ago, I gave a boy a greenfinch. That moment followed me in ways I’m still puzzling over
- by Katia Ariel
A new Pentagon report sheds light on AFRICOM’s disastrous counterterrorism campaigns.
The post Pentagon: U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts Have Failed Africans appeared first on The Intercept.
Talking with philosopher Nathan Crick about using mass persuasion for good
The post Propaganda Doesn’t Have to Be a Dirty Word appeared first on Nautilus.
On 17 July 2025, three people were killed by an Israeli air strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza City. Many others were injured, including Father Gabriel Romanelli, the parish priest. Since the start of the genocide, the Holy Family Church has been a refuge for Palestinians — even more so after Israel bombed […]
The ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Serbs by a US-backed Croatian leader was premeditated, according to newly-uncovered files revealing the operation’s planning. After the bloodshed subsided, Richard Holbrooke, a top US diplomat, assured him: “We said publicly… that we were concerned, but privately, you knew what we wanted.” August 4, 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Operation Storm. Little known outside the former Yugoslavia, the military campaign unleashed a genocidal cataclysm that violently expelled Croatia’s entire Serb population. […]
The post US backed ethnic cleansing of Serbs, top diplomat secretly told Croat leader first appeared on The Grayzone.
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Outlets like the New York Times have downplayed the famine by pointing to underlying medical conditions. But these ailments only make the suffering worse.
The post Hunger in Gaza Can’t Be Explained Away by Preexisting Conditions appeared first on The Intercept.
Several months ago, in the lead-up to the most recent Most Important Election of Our Lifetime, I wondered out loud whether we should choose the uncertain wish for hope and joy or the very real promise of bleak despair. These were the options that were being presented to us, and the choice seemed pretty clear. I know I don’t need to tell you which alternative won out, but I will anyway. It wasn’t hope and joy.
So here we are today, living in a landscape carved from bleak despair, bleaker than most people anticipated. And we’re navigating through a darkness that descended on us with a startling speed, outperforming nearly everyone’s—even the most cynical—predictions. Leading some people to cry, “We did not think things would be like this!” Or “How is this happening?” While others declare, “I didn’t vote for this!”
Decades after sending him to death row, Nashville prosecutors admitted he shouldn’t be executed. Tennessee plans to kill him anyway.
The post Tennessee Is About to Execute Byron Black — Despite His Intellectual Disability appeared first on The Intercept.
More daycare options at a variety of price points, all of them unaffordable.
A super accessible subway station with an elevator that will get you all the way down to the mezzanine. The tracks are just two flights of stairs below that.
Playgrounds that are so packed you’ll wait in the bathroom line for forty-five minutes. That’s how much kids love our jungle gyms. Please bring your own toilet paper.
Restaurants with kid-friendly meals that considerately still charge adult prices, so you get both experiences. Bet you’ve never tried twenty-four-dollar buttered noodles before.
Completely adequate public schools. As in, most of the kids are vaccinated.
Enough minivans with “honors student” bumper stickers that you can be confident that Harvard recruiters will visit every fall. Saves you a trip. Your child is two, but still.
A booming waiting room at the pediatrician’s office. This is a great way for your child to make friends and also get the flu. Immunity Power!
All the city’s best retail stores: Macy’s, H&M, Target, Ann Taylor. Uniqlo, another Target.
The little-known painter who found beauty in bugs, transforming pests into wondrous creatures and works of art
- by Aeon Video