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The U.S. has revoked the visa of Nobel winner Wole Soyinka.

The U.S. has revoked the visa of Nobel winner Wole Soyinka.

By James Folta | October 29, 2025

What Henry VIII’s Despotic Rule Can Teach Us About Today’s Tyrants

What Henry VIII’s Despotic Rule Can Teach Us About Today’s Tyrants

Philippa Gregory on the Importance of Standing Up to Tyranny Before It's Too Late

By Philippa Gregory | October 29, 2025

Life and Death in the Impoverished Neighborhood of Alabama Village

Life and Death in the Impoverished Neighborhood of Alabama Village

“A commemoration to the dead, a warning to the living.”

By J. Malcolm Garcia | October 29, 2025

On the Indian Revolutionaries Who Plotted to Overthrow the British Raj From America

On the Indian Revolutionaries Who Plotted to Overthrow the British Raj From America

Scott Miller Explores the Diverse Communities of Students and Laborers Who Sought Independence From Colonial Rule

By Scott Miller | October 29, 2025

Crafting a Documentary Poetics of Resistance in the Shadow of State Violence

Crafting a Documentary Poetics of Resistance in the Shadow of State Violence

“In situations in which the story of people is being smothered by institutions of power, adversarial documents can provide an opening.”

By Teresa Dzieglewicz | October 29, 2025

Is Space the Final Frontier of Espionage?

Is Space the Final Frontier of Espionage?

Anthony Vinci on Space Warfare, Spy Satellites, and Science Fiction Becoming a Reality

By Anthony Vinci | October 28, 2025

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Mother of the Revolution: How Audley Moore Influenced a Generation of Black Activists

By Ashley D. Farmer | October 28, 2025

300+ pledge to boycott the New York Times’ op-ed page over their anti-Palestinian bias.

By James Folta | October 27, 2025

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | October 24, 2025

Enjoy Your Chocolate and Champagne While It Lasts

Enjoy Your Chocolate and Champagne While It Lasts

Sam Kass Considers the Impact of Climate Change on Food Production Worldwide

By Sam Kass | October 24, 2025

When Telling Your Own Story Gets in the Way of Processing Trauma

When Telling Your Own Story Gets in the Way of Processing Trauma

Gabriel Urza on Making the Move From Criminal Justice to Creative Writing

By Gabriel Urza | October 24, 2025

Fall of Freedom, “a nationwide wave of creative resistance,” starts next month.

Fall of Freedom, “a nationwide wave of creative resistance,” starts next month.

By James Folta | October 23, 2025

Inside the International Race to Invent the Atomic Bomb

Inside the International Race to Invent the Atomic Bomb

Serhii Plokhy Digs Into the Rush to Research and Develop Nuclear Warfare in Germany, the USSR, and Japan

By Serhii Plokhy | October 23, 2025

How Christopher Columbus’s Brutal Enslavement of Indigenous Caribbeans Set the Tone For the “New” World

How Christopher Columbus’s Brutal Enslavement of Indigenous Caribbeans Set the Tone For the “New” World

Imaobong Umoren on the Violent History of the Colonized Caribbean

By Imaobong Umoren | October 23, 2025

What the Fascist Tech Bros Get Wrong About Prometheus

What the Fascist Tech Bros Get Wrong About Prometheus

James Folta on the Dark Folly of the
American Colossus Foundation

By James Folta | October 22, 2025

Return to <em>Jesus Land</em>: Exposing the Institutionalized Cruelty of the “Troubled Teen Industry”

Return to Jesus Land: Exposing the Institutionalized Cruelty of the “Troubled Teen Industry”

Deirdre Sugiuchi on the Adaptation of a
Groundbreaking “Exvangelical” Memoir

By Deirdre Sugiuchi | October 22, 2025

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