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October 11, 2022

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This Ukrainian Writer Doesn’t Need to Imagine Russian Torture. He Lived It.
Stanislav Aseyev was abducted by Russian security forces in 2017. The next nearly three years were literally torture. But since February, he’s seen even worse.
by Luke Johnson
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Special midterm elections offer: less than $1 a week
Longtermists focus on ensuring humanity’s existence into the far future. But not without sacrifices in the present.
by Alexander Zaitchik
Adam Hochschild’s new book documents a period of thriving radical groups and their devastating suppression.
by Joanna Scutts
Nancy Fraser talks about work, debt, and a breakdown of shared meaning.
by Indigo Olivier
At its peak in the eighteenth century, Jena in Germany may have had a higher concentration of geniuses than Renaissance Florence or ancient Athens—and plenty of drama.
by Adam Kirsch
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
Americans may appear to be split along educational lines—but the dysfunction goes much deeper.
by Jake Bittle
In her memoir, the former public editor of The New York Times surveys the ills of the news business.
by Jacob Bacharach

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