This isn’t the first time that US authorities have criminalized civil disobedience or framed grassroots organizing as…
Fewer than a quarter of once-colonized countries make official government-to-government requests for an apology or reparations.
Without much scrutiny or fanfare, Edward Blum has led the attack against federal minority voter protection laws and the…
Putin’s worldview echoes Russian phrase, ‘Who is not with us, is against us.’
A Cambodian scholar who fled the Khmer Rouge as a child writes about the legacy of Henry Kissinger, who died at the age…
The question of whether local declarations offering sanctuary for LGBTQIA+ people place local law above federal law depends…
A historian of the Middle East examines the decades-old ‘special relationship’ between Israel and the US.
Detroit residents with past-due bills are facing water shut-offs again after a reprieve during COVID-19. At the same time,…
Negotiating global progress on climate change involves walking a fine line, as a former UN official explains.
The Supreme Court will hear five cases this term that will examine the nature of online discussion spaces run by social…
A cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas calls for the release of at least 50 hostages taken during the violent attack…
Country singer Jason Aldean’s hit song triggered renewed attention on vigilante justice, racism and urban America.
The ruling could make it impossible for groups like the ACLU to file lawsuits to protect people’s right to vote – significantly…
High levels of diarrhea, scabies and respiratory infections have been reported as bombing campaign progresses – and children…
Calls for a cease-fire in Gaza are driven by humanitarian compassion and principles. But cease-fires are also technically…
While the war in Gaza has riveted public attention, the simultaneous escalation of violence by Israeli settlers in the West…
Watching a woman character star in a fictional political TV drama can spark viewers, particularly women, to vote, campaign…
The JFK assassination was a landmark event in TV news history.
To be homeless is a condition in which a person’s freedom is profoundly compromised. And that’s un-American, says a…
Every state is poised to receive a large amount of federal money to expand broadband access, but they have a lot of work…