“Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where w...
What do Barack Obama and a five-time bank robber have in common? They both passed the Character and Fitness test to become lawyers. To verify their moral character as part of the Bar Exam, law school graduates must complete a 36-page questionnaire ab...
Picture a field peppered with wildflowers, tall grass swaying in the wind. A picnic blanket cradles plates of fresh fruit while friends frolic nearby. They collapse on the ground, exhausted but elated, savoring the joy of existing alongside one anoth...
After the Japanese annexation of the Korean peninsula in 1910, many Koreans migrated to Japan—some voluntarily, others by force. During Japan’s 35-year occupation of the country, all Koreans were legal Japanese citizens, but after the defeat of t...
After the Japanese annexation of the Korean peninsula in 1910, many Koreans migrated to Japan—some voluntarily, others by force. During Japan’s 35-year occupation of the country, all Koreans were legal Japanese citizens, but after the defeat of t...
On a midnight raid in a rural region of Brittany, France, furious farmers blockaded roads with bales of hay. Other farmers dumped 3.5 million liters of milk next to a popular tourist monastery, torched tax offices, and doused 140 metric tons of fish ...
On a midnight raid in a rural region of Brittany, France, furious farmers blockaded roads with bales of hay. Other farmers dumped 3.5 million liters of milk next to a popular tourist monastery, torched tax offices, and doused 140 metric tons of fish ...
Though now one of the most arid regions in the world, the Middle East was once home to a lush environment. Sadly, the scattering of forests and natural vegetation that formerly defined the landscape have all but disappeared as a direct result of defo...
Though now one of the most arid regions in the world, the Middle East was once home to a lush environment. Sadly, the scattering of forests and natural vegetation that formerly defined the landscape have all but disappeared as a direct result of defo...
Education represents a path to economic and social opportunity for people across the political spectrum. However, it’s evident that this path is racially skewed. Disparities in graduation rates, test scores, school resources, and disciplinary proba...
Education represents a path to economic and social opportunity for people across the political spectrum. However, it’s evident that this path is racially skewed. Disparities in graduation rates, test scores, school resources, and disciplinary proba...
Sexual education in the United States is taught almost entirely within an exclusively heterosexual framework, leaving LGBTQ+ students unable to see their identities and experiences reflected in the curricula. Some public schools even promote blatant ...
Sexual education in the United States is taught almost entirely within an exclusively heterosexual framework, leaving LGBTQ+ students unable to see their identities and experiences reflected in the curricula. Some public schools even promote blatant ...
CRISPR: Either it’s the best thing since the smallpox vaccine, or it’s bound to plunge the human species into Aldous Huxley’s world of incubated tubes. But regardless of where you fall on the spectrum of biotech-induced paranoia, nearly everyon...
CRISPR: Either it’s the best thing since the smallpox vaccine, or it’s bound to plunge the human species into Aldous Huxley’s world of incubated tubes. But regardless of where you fall on the spectrum of biotech-induced paranoia, nearly everyon...
Protests in Chicago often center around police misconduct or cuts to education funding. Over the past year, a political battle has unfolded over a project emblematic of both—a proposed $95 million police academy on the city’s West Side. Mayor Rah...
Protests in Chicago often center around police misconduct or cuts to education funding. Over the past year, a political battle has unfolded over a project emblematic of both—a proposed $95 million police academy on the city’s West Side. Mayor Rah...
Nowhere are the failures of public education and the American criminal justice system more apparent than in the daily lives of incarcerated minors in the United States. Every day, about 60,000 youth wake up behind bars. The majority have been suspend...
Nowhere are the failures of public education and the American criminal justice system more apparent than in the daily lives of incarcerated minors in the United States. Every day, about 60,000 youth wake up behind bars. The majority have been suspend...
The echoes of the Battle of Blair Mountain, the nation’s largest armed labor uprising, still reverberate throughout West Virginia’s rolling hills—and its classrooms. Starting on February 25, all of the state’s public schools closed for nearly...
The echoes of the Battle of Blair Mountain, the nation’s largest armed labor uprising, still reverberate throughout West Virginia’s rolling hills—and its classrooms. Starting on February 25, all of the state’s public schools closed for nearly...
One hundred years ago, Sir Edmund Allenby and the soldiers of Britain’s 10th Light Horse Regiment passed through Jaffa Gate, an imposing entrance into the Old City of Jerusalem. Their victory ended four centuries of Ottoman rule and hammered the fi...
One hundred years ago, Sir Edmund Allenby and the soldiers of Britain’s 10th Light Horse Regiment passed through Jaffa Gate, an imposing entrance into the Old City of Jerusalem. Their victory ended four centuries of Ottoman rule and hammered the fi...
Today, over two million people sit trapped in US prisons. The War on Drugs—which increased mandatory minimum sentences, stiffened penalties for low-level nonviolent drug crimes, and encouraged police involvement in urban areas, predominately home t...
Today, over two million people sit trapped in US prisons. The War on Drugs—which increased mandatory minimum sentences, stiffened penalties for low-level nonviolent drug crimes, and encouraged police involvement in urban areas, predominately home t...
Colombia is facing one of its most turbulent election cycles in recent years. This is the first vote in which the Fuerza Armada Revolucionaria de Colombia—Ejército del Pueblo (FARC), the former armed guerrilla group, participated as a reformed pol...
Colombia is facing one of its most turbulent election cycles in recent years. This is the first vote in which the Fuerza Armada Revolucionaria de Colombia—Ejército del Pueblo (FARC), the former armed guerrilla group, participated as a reformed pol...