To try to foresee the next four years with US President-Elect Donald Trump, we should remember what we learned during his first presidential term: It is a mistake to take him literally and mock him ...

Taylor Swift and J.K. Rowling — arguably two of the world’s most influential women — face renewed public criticism as their art and opinions dominate global debate. Swift’s new album and Rowling’s ...

On December 10, 2023, Javier Milei was elected President of Argentina with 55.6% of the vote. The eccentric president has attracted global attention for his outrageous media style, his extreme ideas ...

When Eric Trump said, “My father is running out of lives here,” it served not only as an expression of concern for a potential cataclysm that would affect his family but as a warning that the violence ...

1885: The Indian National Congress (INC) convenes to make demands from the colonial British government on behalf of Indians of all regions, religions, castes, classes et al. The British administration ...

Israel has carried out a relentless and zealous military onslaught in Gaza that shows orchestrated mass inhumanity on a gargantuan scale. This campaign has killed tens of thousands of civilians, razed ...

As a sovereign nation, the State of Israel has existed since 1948, following the end of the 30-year mandate for British administration of Palestine, when the Jewish Agency declared the territory as ...

[This piece is a continuation of a multi-part series. You can read Part 1 and Part 2 here.] The support of the Brazilian militias and the Neo-Pentecostal churches may have guaranteed Brazilian ...

Strong institutions — from the rule of law and property rights — are the foundation of economic prosperity. While America’s robust institutions have fostered investment and innovation, driving one of ...

US President Joe Biden wrote in the New York Times in June 2022 that the United States was arming Ukraine to “fight on the battlefield and be in the strongest possible position at the negotiating ...

Rupesh, a small-holder farmer in rural Karnataka, Southern India, was married to Neelam, with whom he had four children. He owed money to middle men who would take a cut off his new produce. Four ...

Over ten years, the late anthropologist and political activist David Graeber and the archaeologist David Wengrow shared thoughts, explored ideas and conducted research on an impressive scale to ...