There is a simple problem professors sometimes challenge their intermediate econ students with on the first day of class.

President Donald Trump’s plans to build a space-based Golden Dome missile defense shield have drawn immediate criticism from ...

"Black lives matter — I get it now,” my aunt declared in 2020. “You’ve been saying it for years.” Yes, I told her. I have. It shouldn’t have taken the ...

Back in March, the Trump administration bragged about raiding a big Tren de Aragua gathering" in the Texas hill country outside of Austin. Forty-five people were taken into custody, including ...

In May 1979 Jerry Falwell invited a select group of Christian conservative leaders to a strategic planning retreat at his Lynchburg, VA, estate. Falwell ran a private Christian academy and hosted ...

Daniel Falcone is a historian specializing in the revolutions of 1848 and the political refugees who sought asylum in New York City. His academic work focuses on Giuseppe Garibaldi’s influence ...

…a greater self-reliance must work a revolution in all the offices and relations of men; in their religion; in their education; in their pursuits; their modes of living; their association; in ...

The problem with writing about Gaza is that words can’t explain what’s happening in Gaza. Neither can images, even the most gut-wrenching and heartbreaking. Because what needs to be explained ...

If there is to be a broad-based, democratic resistance, Kurosawa’s film suggests, the “hungry Samurai” who lead it must mobilize desire as well as necessity. The seven samurai offered ...

The concept of the “ruling class” has long served as a central analytical tool in the social sciences, particularly in Marxist traditions. This article traces the evolution of ruling class ...

Two songs have brought me to tears since the death of my friend, Alanna Ford. The first was a new song from Warren Haynes called “Real, Real Love.” Haynes ...