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Mucked Up

Rafia Zakaria

September 08, 2023

Burning Man is a festival of self-satisfaction, consumption, and excess.

Lock Him Up

Rafia Zakaria

August 25, 2023

Do U.S. leaders want Pakistan's populist leader to remain in jail?

Passports and Power

Rafia Zakaria

July 28, 2023

A document based on the accident of birth still determines a person's opportunities.

The Dutiful Wife

Rafia Zakaria

July 14, 2023

It is a truth once universally acknowledged that a literary man must be in want of a wife.

Canceling Equity

Rafia Zakaria

June 30, 2023

Who's afraid of promoting "equity" in public health?

An Indiana Inquisition

Rafia Zakaria

June 02, 2023

If you’re a doctor who performs a legal abortion, the right will find a way to come after you.

Trump the Defamer

Rafia Zakaria

May 19, 2023

Trump is found liable for sexual abuse and defamation.

Pills, Politics, and Pence

Rafia Zakaria

May 01, 2023

Mike Pence is at the forefront of the renewed battle to prevent medical abortions.

Women’s Equality—When?

Rafia Zakaria

March 10, 2023

Global gender parity may be more than a century away.

More American Carnage

Rafia Zakaria

February 24, 2023

A list of dead women, victims of what ought to be called "ego killings."

Deeper in Debt

Rafia Zakaria

February 14, 2023

Pakistan is the latest country to edge toward the economic precipice.

Traveling While White

Rafia Zakaria

January 20, 2023

Social media is flooded with accounts of solipsistic and often clueless travel-influencers.