The Women of January 6th
A new book details the conspiratorial thinking and dark histories of two Capitol rioters.
Claire Lehmann
· 7 min read
Stormclouds Over the Capitol
Mary Clare Jalonick’s oral history of the 6 January riot is an important corrective to the second Trump administration’s vandalism of the historical record.
Ron Capshaw
· 7 min read
The Alliance Labour Needs?
Could a Labour-Liberal Democrat pact save Starmer’s collapsing government?
Renie Anjeh
· 21 min read
Adam Louis-Klein on Why He Founded the Movement Against Antizionism | Quillette Cetera Ep. 60
From settler‑colonial theory to Soviet propaganda, this episode examines how antizionism evolved into a structured anti‑Jewish ideology—and why liberal democracies struggle to name it.
Zoe Booth
· 26 min read
Survival of the Fitting
How a set of unglamorous enzymes quietly solved biology’s biggest problem: how to create and uphold a set of rules that make meaning from molecules.
Praveen Prathapan
· 6 min read
The Uninvited Sermon
Why artists, academics and others should not exploit the presence of a captive audience.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 8 min read
Guarding the Gates of Our Language
One hundred years after the publication of Fowler’s ‘Dictionary of Modern English Usage,’ it is more important than ever to uphold standards of correct English.
Bruce Gilley
· 10 min read
Atlas No More
It is difficult to overstate just how reactionary Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy is.
Brian Stewart
· 24 min read
Can the Ayatollahs Fall?
Amid the darkness of a communications blackout, Iranians are fighting for their freedom and the totalitarian theocracy under which they have lived since 1979 seems more threatened than ever before.
Benny Morris
· 9 min read
The Warmth of Collectivism
Zohran Mamdani wants to institute “collectivist” governance, but NYC already has a collectivist problem—a coordinated veto system that blocks development and progress.
John Aziz
· 6 min read
Why Australia Struggles to Confront Islamic Antisemitism — and What This Means for Social Cohesion
Why has Australia proved reluctant to confront antisemitism when its sources are treated as culturally or religiously sensitive?
Zoe Booth, Alan Davison
· 7 min read
When Narrative Outpaces Evidence: The Minnesota ICE Shooting
What four videos show—and fail to show—about a deadly ICE encounter.
Mick West
· 6 min read
Podcast #320: Fighting for Freedom in Iran
Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Iranian writer and journalist Roya Hakakian about the protests in Iran and why and how they might succeed.
Quillette, Roya Hakakian
· 2 min read
The Strange Case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah
How human rights law led the UK to roll out the red carpet for a man who expressed hatred of white people and support for killing civilians.
Guy Baldwin
· 9 min read
Podcast #319: How to Think Like a Human
Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to psychologist David Weitzner about the differences between human cognition and artificial intelligence.
David Weitzner, Quillette
· 1 min read