Stanislav Aseyev was abducted by Russian security forces in 2017. The next nearly three years were literally torture. But since February, heâs seen even worse. by Luke Johnson
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The Heavy Price of Longtermism Longtermists focus on ensuring humanityâs existence into the far future. But not without sacrifices in the present. by Alexander Zaitchik
How World War I Crushed the American Left Adam Hochschildâs new book documents a period of thriving radical groups and their devastating suppression. by Joanna Scutts
The Tumultuous Lives of the First Romantics At its peak in the eighteenth century, Jena in Germany may have had a higher concentration of geniuses than Renaissance Florence or ancient Athensâand plenty of drama. by Adam Kirsch
Gwendoline Rileyâs Brilliantly Stubborn Fictions Her novels First Love and My Phantoms work a kind of magic, making stuck relationships at once believably maddening and oddly addictive. by Hannah Rosefield
