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Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 27, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 27, 2026

    Victimism (opens the original)

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    <img alt="File:Die Mütter.jpg" class="sizing-normal" height="313.98020833333334" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7lV5!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F41b6bb28-64

  2. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    When Power Cannot Hear (opens the original)

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    <img alt="When Power Cannot Hear: Political Stuttering and the Fate of Iran" class="sizing-normal" height="339.1875" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7-iw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com

  3. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    A Day Too Serious for Despair (opens the original)

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    <img alt="image.png" class="sizing-normal" height="229.23214285714286" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XLaL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6d549790-7a3e-4183-860e-ae52ce8bacd6_1716

  4. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    Bad Luck (opens the original)

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    <img alt="File:Salvator Rosa (Italian) - Allegory of Fortune - Google Art Project.jpg" class="sizing-normal" height="516.8" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!e-Ta!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazona

  5. Issue · Sep 13, 2026

    Doomsday, Maybe (opens the original)

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    <img alt="No Actual Problem" class="sizing-normal" height="203.5" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!se2B!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f475d44-b118-407d-a7a7-488b0dd89a22_1300x650.

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