Our cover story, Combat Cuties: Sex, Soldiers, and the New Digital Propaganda War, examines how Israel and the United States are weaponizing femininity on social media, transforming women's bodies into tools of digital militarism, recruitment, and political persuasion.

Also in this issue:

An interview with Eco.Rove co-founder Iyad Abou Gaida, whose collaborative multimedia research project investigates the politics of regions facing ecocide. We discuss Lebanon's escalating environmental crisis, the lasting consequences of extraction and neglect, and the impact of Israel's ongoing assault on the country.

The Data Center Rebellion explores the growing movement of communities resisting the rapid expansion of data centers and challenging the narrative that AI infrastructure is an unavoidable feature of the future.

As journalists face mounting restrictions and intimidation, we investigate how the ICE detention center Delaney Hall has become a flashpoint in the broader assault on press freedom.

In Flint, Michigan, photographers Juan Madrid and Brett Carlsen document daily life in a city still living with the consequences of environmental abandonment and a water crisis that never truly ended.

Plus essays, interviews, photography, and cultural criticism from writers and artists challenging dominant narratives and amplifying voices too often excluded from mainstream media.

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Contributors:

John Cardillo Jr.

Natalie Wee

Ross Milstead

Fareeha Khan

Myriam Robinson-Puche

Matthew Dolezal

Juan Madrid

Brett Carlsen

Sydney Ziems

Josh Potash

Kayla Mattes

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Interviews with:

Iyad Abou Gaida of Eco.Rove

Christian Vasquez freelance photojournalist.

Shelly Rodriguez (artist)

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Editors:

Myriam Robinson-Puche

Sydney Ziems