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Scholars discuss the meaning of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s elevation to the highest court in the land.
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Here’s what happens when you scan one of those ubiquitous two-dimensional black-and-white patterns.
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In recent years, Western governments have, in effect, aided the rise of personalist dictators in Russia, Iraq, Libya, North…
An expert on rape during war examines the emerging evidence from Ukraine that Russian soldiers raped Ukrainian women and…
Despite decades of progress on nonproliferation, Russia’s new threats of nuclear strikes bring to mind that convincing…
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan dissolved Parliament rather than face a no-confidence vote. The Conversation asked an…
Vladimir Putin has long been a favorite with many American evangelicals who praised his support for conservative values…
If Dostoevsky insists that one cannot shy away from horror and tragedy, Tolstoy would contend that people must act upon…
Often dismissed as ‘horseplay,’ sexual assaults perpetrated by boys athletes against their teammates persist in high…
A poet speaks to how his love of history has shaped his work.