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...
Ann Ravel is the chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission. You have previously described the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as “worse than dysfunctional.” Do you think dysfunction is inherent to its structure, or is the dysfunction a...
Ann Ravel is the chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission. You have previously described the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as “worse than dysfunctional.” Do you think dysfunction is inherent to its structure, or is the dysfunction a...
Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures, a nonprofit organization that advocates economic localization, particularly in agriculture. In 2011, she co-directed and produced a documentary titled “The Economics of Happiness....
Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures, a nonprofit organization that advocates economic localization, particularly in agriculture. In 2011, she co-directed and produced a documentary titled “The Economics of Happiness....
Photo Credit: Ruth Prieto for Show of Force Nicholas Kristof is an op-ed columnist at The New York Times, where he writes about global humanitarian issues and social injustices. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes and written three bestselling book...
Photo Credit: Ruth Prieto for Show of Force Nicholas Kristof is an op-ed columnist at The New York Times, where he writes about global humanitarian issues and social injustices. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes and written three bestselling book...
Azra Jafari served as the first female mayor in Afghanistan, after being appointed mayor of Nili by President Hamid Karzai in 2008. She is an author, constitutional jurist, newspaper editor, teacher, trained midwife, politician, and an advoc...
Azra Jafari served as the first female mayor in Afghanistan, after being appointed mayor of Nili by President Hamid Karzai in 2008. She is an author, constitutional jurist, newspaper editor, teacher, trained midwife, politician, and an advoc...
Davis Guggenheim ‘86 is a documentary filmmaker. He is best known for “An Inconvenient Truth,” “It Might Get Loud,” and “Waiting for ‘Superman.’” Guggenheim’s latest film, “He Named Me Malala,” was released this ye...
Davis Guggenheim ‘86 is a documentary filmmaker. He is best known for “An Inconvenient Truth,” “It Might Get Loud,” and “Waiting for ‘Superman.’” Guggenheim’s latest film, “He Named Me Malala,” was released this ye...
Dr. Peter Gleick is the President and co-founder of the Pacific Institute, which seeks solutions to the world’s water challenges. Dr. Gleick is a MacArthur Genius Fellow and was named “a visionary on the environment” by the BBC. He is the...
Dr. Peter Gleick is the President and co-founder of the Pacific Institute, which seeks solutions to the world’s water challenges. Dr. Gleick is a MacArthur Genius Fellow and was named “a visionary on the environment” by the BBC. He is the...
Christine Forster is a Sydney city councilor of the center-right Liberal Party of Australia, and the sister of Tony Abbott, the country’s Prime Minister from 2009 until September 2015. She is a prominent supporter of same-sex marriage, which...
Christine Forster is a Sydney city councilor of the center-right Liberal Party of Australia, and the sister of Tony Abbott, the country’s Prime Minister from 2009 until September 2015. She is a prominent supporter of same-sex marriage, which...
Margaret Cho, a comedian and three-time Grammy Award winner, has worked in multiple creative industries, including film, television, writing, music, and theater. She is also known for charitable work on gay rights, anti-bullying campaigns, and hom...
Margaret Cho, a comedian and three-time Grammy Award winner, has worked in multiple creative industries, including film, television, writing, music, and theater. She is also known for charitable work on gay rights, anti-bullying campaigns, and hom...
Nothing is stable if not the ground beneath our feet. In the complex and unpredictable realm of human social, political, and economic activity, land is one of the few reliably static elements. Traditionally, we can depend on rivers, lakes, and coastl...
Nothing is stable if not the ground beneath our feet. In the complex and unpredictable realm of human social, political, and economic activity, land is one of the few reliably static elements. Traditionally, we can depend on rivers, lakes, and coastl...
From the Temple Mount to the Israelite Tower to the Monastery of the Virgins, the significance of excavations in Jerusalem is unparalleled. Layer by layer, human history is being uncovered in the Holy Land. But these excavations are more than just an...
From the Temple Mount to the Israelite Tower to the Monastery of the Virgins, the significance of excavations in Jerusalem is unparalleled. Layer by layer, human history is being uncovered in the Holy Land. But these excavations are more than just an...
As far as neighbors go, Venezuela and Colombia are less the type to borrow eggs than to egg each other. While relations have been shaky for some time, tensions most recently spiked on August 20, when three members of a Venezuelan border patrol were s...
As far as neighbors go, Venezuela and Colombia are less the type to borrow eggs than to egg each other. While relations have been shaky for some time, tensions most recently spiked on August 20, when three members of a Venezuelan border patrol were s...
On September 13, in a town just north of Paris, two women jumped on stage at an Islamic convention about women and Islam. Once on stage, they exposed their bare chests — across which were written “Nobody makes me submit” and “I am my own prop...
On September 13, in a town just north of Paris, two women jumped on stage at an Islamic convention about women and Islam. Once on stage, they exposed their bare chests — across which were written “Nobody makes me submit” and “I am my own prop...