Arts, Ideas, and Travel
Iveta Silova, Arizona State University Many American universities, widely seen globally as beacons of academic integrity and free speech, are giving in to demands from the Trump administration, which has…
The list of common characteristics in the study of 20th-century fascist dictators and their regimes includes 14 categories in all, and Trump and his MAGA disciples have already exhibited characteristics…
The following appeared on Democracy Now! on April 3, 2025 As President Trump finally unveils his global tariff plan — setting a baseline 10% tariff on all imported goods, with…
The popular TikTok comic explains how world leaders are like ‘mean girls’ and why laughing at them creates solidarity. BY FRANKIE HUANG MARCH 27, 2025 Social media creator Nikita Redkar’s…
Patrick Barry, University of Michigan Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: Art and Advocacy What prompted the idea…
Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17” is both a critique of gangster capitalism and an argument in favor of proletarian revolution. By Tim Brinkhof , This story was originally published by TRUTHOUT…
By Patricia Mainardi Images have long provided a means of protesting political regimes bent on censoring language. In the 1830s a band of French caricaturists, led by Charles Philipon, weaponized…
March 7, 2025 by Sara Talpos In March and April of 2020, more than 50,000 people in the United States died from the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Doctors were forced to…
Extended interview with Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive. He is also part of the End of Term Archive for federal websites. Transcript This is…
by David DeWitt, Ohio Capital Journal February 21, 2025 Only one month in and the winds of chaos, the fallout of careless destruction, whip across the country, lashing Ohio, spreading…