On December 17, 2022, Julia (pseudonym) received an admission offer from Stanford University with full financial aid. “I was overwhelmed with joy,” she told me. “My parents don’t have to pay for my education!” Julia lives in Syria, a ...
Names are more than just labels—they are steeped in histories and tangled in identities. When a name changes, where does its history go? Does it disappear in the shadow of its past, buried in the grave of its former identity? Or does it stay, trail...
A few months ago, Asaad al-Shaibani was a jihadist. Now, he is Syria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and a fierce champion of the free market. “We need the help of the international community to support us in this new experiment,” al-Shaibani tol...
“I knew immediately that I was in the right place. A traditional practitioner did prayers for me. They shared some songs with me. They put me in the sweat lodge and I could identify with those ceremonies. And from that day moving forward, I was abl...
“I knew immediately that I was in the right place. A traditional practitioner did prayers for me. They shared some songs with me. They put me in the sweat lodge and I could identify with those ceremonies. And from that day moving forward, I was abl...
In September 2024, Eliezer Masliah, the head of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) neuroscience division, stepped down from his post after Science found evidence of addition, deletion, and mirroring of images in 132 papers he authored be...
In September 2024, Eliezer Masliah, the head of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) neuroscience division, stepped down from his post after Science found evidence of addition, deletion, and mirroring of images in 132 papers he authored be...
On July 7, 2021, 48 environmental and progressive advocacy groups released an open letter that “[called] on the Biden administration and all members of Congress to eschew the dominant antagonistic approach to US-China relations” in favor of “mu...
On July 7, 2021, 48 environmental and progressive advocacy groups released an open letter that “[called] on the Biden administration and all members of Congress to eschew the dominant antagonistic approach to US-China relations” in favor of “mu...
So long as we ignore Hong Kong, a global commitment to fundamental human rights and dignity will remain unrealized. If you cherish what Hannah Arendt in The Origins of Totalitarianism calls “the right to have rights,” or the right to belong to a ...
So long as we ignore Hong Kong, a global commitment to fundamental human rights and dignity will remain unrealized. If you cherish what Hannah Arendt in The Origins of Totalitarianism calls “the right to have rights,” or the right to belong to a ...
The year is 1979. A young senator from Delaware walks into the Kremlin to discuss nuclear arms control amid the Cold War. He would go on to be an outspoken advocate for nuclear nonproliferation and arms control for most of his long career. Fast forwa...
The year is 1979. A young senator from Delaware walks into the Kremlin to discuss nuclear arms control amid the Cold War. He would go on to be an outspoken advocate for nuclear nonproliferation and arms control for most of his long career. Fast forwa...
The Pacific Coast is tip-toeing around not one but two of the largest seismic triggers of the region’s modern history. Even with the infrastructure plans championed by policymakers in the West, major coastal cities are woefully unprepared for such ...
The Pacific Coast is tip-toeing around not one but two of the largest seismic triggers of the region’s modern history. Even with the infrastructure plans championed by policymakers in the West, major coastal cities are woefully unprepared for such ...
Political debate has stood as a hallmark of American democracy for 250 years. Yet, the progression of debates over that time period has been anything but straightforward—evolving as unpredictably as the very institution of American republicanism.&n...
Political debate has stood as a hallmark of American democracy for 250 years. Yet, the progression of debates over that time period has been anything but straightforward—evolving as unpredictably as the very institution of American republicanism.&n...
While global attention is fixated on the wars Israel is fighting on multiple fronts, another conflict—an internal civil struggle between religious Jewish factions and secular Jewish communities—has received far less international attention. The e...
While global attention is fixated on the wars Israel is fighting on multiple fronts, another conflict—an internal civil struggle between religious Jewish factions and secular Jewish communities—has received far less international attention. The e...
The past few decades have seen the invigoration of digital artists whose works have expanded to new frontiers due to grand achievements in information accessibility. Yet the dream of cyberspace for artists is ending—or so you might think. Generativ...
The past few decades have seen the invigoration of digital artists whose works have expanded to new frontiers due to grand achievements in information accessibility. Yet the dream of cyberspace for artists is ending—or so you might think. Generativ...
The myth of David and Goliath tells of a warrior of immense height and strength, slain by the hand of a shepherd. Surrounded by a crowd of exhausted soldiers, silent and dumbfounded, David must have heard his own heart pumping louder than ever as the...
The myth of David and Goliath tells of a warrior of immense height and strength, slain by the hand of a shepherd. Surrounded by a crowd of exhausted soldiers, silent and dumbfounded, David must have heard his own heart pumping louder than ever as the...
Margaret “Midge” Purce is a professional soccer player for NJ/NY Gotham FC with 30 caps for the US Women’s National Team (USWNT), as well as an outspoken advocate for gender equality, equal pay, and equal opportunity for women and girls in spor...
Margaret “Midge” Purce is a professional soccer player for NJ/NY Gotham FC with 30 caps for the US Women’s National Team (USWNT), as well as an outspoken advocate for gender equality, equal pay, and equal opportunity for women and girls in spor...
A bullet hole decorates the roof of my grandma’s patio in North Macedonia—the neighbors had thrown a wedding the night before I first saw the gaping hole. “The last time someone shot a gun at a wedding here, an old woman suffered a head injury,...
A bullet hole decorates the roof of my grandma’s patio in North Macedonia—the neighbors had thrown a wedding the night before I first saw the gaping hole. “The last time someone shot a gun at a wedding here, an old woman suffered a head injury,...