Arts, Ideas, and Travel
Meghan Sullivan, University of Notre Dame The Bible story of the Good Samaritan is more than a mainstay of Sunday school courses. “Good samaritan” is the catch-all way to describe…
February 7, 2025 by Emily Cataneo James was in his late 30s and weighed more than 500 pounds when he fell in the bathroom and found himself wedged between the…
Unless he changes course, he will be brought down by corruption throughout his ranks, plunging polls, resistance by many states, and a Congressional GOP realizing that it is their political…
By: Hunter Dukes She was the first woman to run for president. The first female stockbroker to open a brokerage house on Wall Street. The first person to publish Marx…
January 23, 2025 by Paul Bierman Donald Trump has a thing for Greenland. First, he wanted to buy the Arctic island. Then, his son visited for a photo-op. Now, he…
By: Samuel Agbamu, University of Reading How often do you think about the Roman empire? Elon Musk claims to think about it every day. Given his frequent references to Roman…
Peace will be possible when both Palestinians and Jews understand the other’s essential humanity and deep roots in the land: An extract from ‘The Holy and the Broken’. By: Ittay…
All three have acted in ways beneficial to Trump — and are likely to financially benefit from Trump’s presidency. By Chris Walker , TRUTHOUT Published January 15, 2025 The three…
CLAY WIRESTONE JANUARY 6, 2025 3:33 AM A cropped version of “The Rainmaker” by artist Mike Hartung depicts President-elect Donald Trump. The artist writes in his lengthy accompanying caption: “From…
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University and H. Sami Karaca, Boston University Capitalism, communism and socialism are the world’s three major economic systems. While the phrase “economic system” may seem like…