Troms County, Norway, July 2014: At the foot of the Bassečohka Mountain, thousands of reindeer lumber in tandem. In a sea of antlers, fur, and hooves, they seem indistinguishable. But closer inspection reveals several patterns notched gently and painlessly on the skin of their ears. Those patterns belong to various families of the Saami, an … Read more
Troms County, Norway, July 2014: At the foot of the Bassečohka mountain, thousands of reindeer lumber in tandem. In a sea of antlers, fur, and hooves, they seem indistinguishable. But closer inspection reveals several patterns notched gently and painlessly on the skin of their ears. Those patterns belong to various families of the Saami, an … Read more
Immediately after he arrived in Cairo this past February, Vladimir Putin cracked open one of his suitcases and presented his host, Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, with a glittering new toy: an AK-47 assault rifle. The weapon, an icon of Soviet military power, gained a new meaning as it was transferred from the Russian leader … Read more
On December 6th, 1928, banana plantation workers from the town of Macondo, Colombia, who are in the midst of a general strike over their abhorrent working conditions, gather in the city square to await the arrival of the province’s civil and military leader. In the crowd are three thousand men, women, and children. Thus far, … Read more
Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) is currently serving his fifth term. He is a member of the House Financial Services Committee and the House Democratic Steering Committee, and he also serves as Chief Deputy Minority Whip. In 2006 Rep. Ellison became the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress. Harvard Political Review: What has your experience been as … Read more
In a video entitled “There is no Life without Jihad,” young men shaded by verdant palm trees empathetically assure their audience that they understand their struggle as Muslims in a western country. The video shows English-speaking members of the Islamic State give calm, earnest testimonies urging Muslims in the West to join the terrorist group … Read more
In a video entitled “There is no Life without Jihad,” young men shaded by verdant palm trees empathetically assure their audience that they understand their struggle as Muslims in a western country. The video shows English-speaking members of the Islamic State give calm, earnest testimonies urging Muslims in the West to join the terrorist group … Read more
New York City is burning. The Chitauri alien army has ravaged the city. Upturned taxis litter the smoking roads. Grand Central Station smolders under the rubble. Office buildings crumble under the barrage of alien firepower, and law enforcement scrambles in hopeless disarray. Pedestrians have all but given up. The city’s only hope of survival lies … Read more
One weekend this spring, I took a trip home to North Carolina. I flew into the Raleigh-Durham airport at about midnight on Thursday night, where my mother and 60 percent humidity greeted me with open arms. We then drove about an hour east to Lumberton, a small town in a small county entirely surrounded by … Read more
In the third episode of Season 5 of FX’s Louie, the socially awkward titular character—played by the show’s creator, director, writer, editor, and executive producer Louis C.K.— peruses the shelves of a cookware store. When the store’s young clerk ignores Louie’s requests for help because she wants to close shop, Louie confronts her at the … Read more