Unanswered questions and unspoken words are common in grief: A man who has lost his wife may sit by himself in his home and whisper words he never got to say, and a daughter grieving for her father may play back his voicemails to hear his voice again...
In this interview, Yifan Guo, a second-year graduate student studying and teaching mathematics at Brown University, shares her thoughts on California’s push to make their math curriculum more “equitable.” Recently, California ended a years-long...
Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center and Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University, reviews depictions of epidemics in Twilight (2008), The Last of Us (2023), Outbreak (1995), and Contagion (2011), and discusses how they relate to real...
“Homosexuality is incompatible with scripture,” asserted Stanley Ntagali, the archbishop of Uganda, in response to accusations by British Archbishops Justin Welby and John Sentamu condemning the persecution of human beings as “anathema.” Ov...
“Homosexuality is incompatible with scripture,” asserted Stanley Ntagali, the archbishop of Uganda, in response to accusations by British Archbishops Justin Welby and John Sentamu condemning the persecution of human beings as “anathema.” Ov...
Like many Americans, I too was captivated by recent headlines naming the Super Bowl as the biggest human trafficking event on the planet. Believe it or not, trafficking is still very much a problem. Few recognize it as such, and even fewer acknowledg...
Like many Americans, I too was captivated by recent headlines naming the Super Bowl as the biggest human trafficking event on the planet. Believe it or not, trafficking is still very much a problem. Few recognize it as such, and even fewer acknowledg...
In January 2013 the Pentagon officially reversed its ban on women in combat roles. This quickly prompted a discussion on including females in the draft and reversing the Supreme Court decision Rostker v. Goldberg. I think I am going to have to stick ...
In January 2013 the Pentagon officially reversed its ban on women in combat roles. This quickly prompted a discussion on including females in the draft and reversing the Supreme Court decision Rostker v. Goldberg. I think I am going to have to stick ...
On October 1, Muslims in the coastal village of Thabyuchaing in the northwest of Burma fled into the surrounding forests as their homes were torched and left to burn by a sword-wielding Buddhist mob. Not everyone was lucky enough to escape: five Musl...
On October 1, Muslims in the coastal village of Thabyuchaing in the northwest of Burma fled into the surrounding forests as their homes were torched and left to burn by a sword-wielding Buddhist mob. Not everyone was lucky enough to escape: five Musl...
By Dylan Platt When white smoke plumed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel last March, it was the unwitting signal of an international blaze of change across the Roman Catholic Church. No one could deny the recent decline of Catholicism; attendanc...
By Dylan Platt When white smoke plumed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel last March, it was the unwitting signal of an international blaze of change across the Roman Catholic Church. No one could deny the recent decline of Catholicism; attendanc...
There. You clicked it. The rest of this column doesn’t even matter. But while I have you here, I might as well explain myself. No, I don’t think Politico Magazine (Politico’s newest venture, which launched earlier this month) is act...
There. You clicked it. The rest of this column doesn’t even matter. But while I have you here, I might as well explain myself. No, I don’t think Politico Magazine (Politico’s newest venture, which launched earlier this month) is act...
Political art is far from a novel phenomenon, but nowadays we’re exposed to artist-activists from around the world, creating works of dissent and rebellion. Here are my personal favorites from recent years, and a brief look at the political context...
Political art is far from a novel phenomenon, but nowadays we’re exposed to artist-activists from around the world, creating works of dissent and rebellion. Here are my personal favorites from recent years, and a brief look at the political context...
Imagine you’ve come down with appendicitis. Scared and in pain, you go to an “Appendix Crisis Center,” where they tell you that if you take your appendix out now, you’ll have to undergo a frightening and dangerous procedure. I...
Imagine you’ve come down with appendicitis. Scared and in pain, you go to an “Appendix Crisis Center,” where they tell you that if you take your appendix out now, you’ll have to undergo a frightening and dangerous procedure. I...
Protest songs have always been an important mode of political discourse. Easily produced and disseminated, good protest songs and the artists that create them can infiltrate mass consciousness and gain relevance beyond the realm of the strictly polit...
Protest songs have always been an important mode of political discourse. Easily produced and disseminated, good protest songs and the artists that create them can infiltrate mass consciousness and gain relevance beyond the realm of the strictly polit...
Sexual education in America is far from perfect. It varies widely from state to state (and even school to school), but at worst it can shame rape victims, spread misinformation, and exclude everyone who isn’t cisgender and heterosexual. Given t...
Sexual education in America is far from perfect. It varies widely from state to state (and even school to school), but at worst it can shame rape victims, spread misinformation, and exclude everyone who isn’t cisgender and heterosexual. Given t...
Crisis in Syria. Government shutdown. Republican civil war. Traditional media outlets such as the New York Times, NPR or CNN have provided extensive coverage of these events, but newer forms of media that combine information and entertainment have...
Crisis in Syria. Government shutdown. Republican civil war. Traditional media outlets such as the New York Times, NPR or CNN have provided extensive coverage of these events, but newer forms of media that combine information and entertainment have...
A couple weeks ago, I mocked Twitter CEO Dick Costolo for citing a “supply-side problem” recruiting female employees (and, crucially, board members). Although clearly the supply of qualified women is greater than one, I admit that Costol...
A couple weeks ago, I mocked Twitter CEO Dick Costolo for citing a “supply-side problem” recruiting female employees (and, crucially, board members). Although clearly the supply of qualified women is greater than one, I admit that Costol...