Culture
Revisiting ‘Waiting for Godot’ and the purpose of humanity after war
April 14, 2026This year marks the 120th anniversary of Samuel Beckett’s birth. A writer who fought against fascism and used his art to ask what, if anything, remains when everything else is gone.
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Goya’s ‘The Disasters of War’ and the aesthetics of terror
April 9, 2026March 30 marked the 280th anniversary of the birth of an artist who explored with equal intensity the horror of his era and terror as a psychological reaction and existential condition.
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Must watch TV series centered on working class people
April 6, 2026Here are two shows that present the trials and tribulations of that class as well as their antagonism to the class above, as exemplified in the U.S. hegemon.
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Sixty monuments under fire: The U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran’s cultural memory
March 26, 2026The United States has weaponized history itself, converting museums, mosques, and palaces into collateral in a broader agenda of coercion.
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As bombs fall on Nowruz, Iranians battle loss of cultural heritage
March 20, 2026As Persian New Year dawns, Iranians struggle to safeguard the memories and histories that connect their people across generations.
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