For the ancients, understanding was an end in itself. For the moderns, it became a means to change the world.
There is a word for what ICE’s opponents in Minneapolis represent, and it has a long, successful history: dissidence.
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Prologue In the early 1970s, I wrote my Ph.D. thesis on Adamantios Koraes at the University of Wisconsin. I read his ...
Trump has transformed America into a "new sheriff" of capitalism, pushing an authoritarian turn inspired by "red Caesarism." Behind his rise lies a long evolution of conservatism, from Taft to ...
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Donald Trump says the U.S. is now "in charge” in Caracas as ousted president Nicolás Maduro appears in federal court in New York. But the dictator's henchmen remain in power for now. Will they bow to ...
The Trump administration’s move to capture and remove from power Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday has sparked a political crisis in the South American country after more than a decade ...
(RNS) — Religion played a role in some of the biggest political stories of the past year. That’s likely to continue in 2026, as clergy and politicians say their public policy actions are shaped by ...
2025 was a strange year in politics, with a lot of unexpected twists and turns. The second Trump administration began like a bat out of hell but lost quite a bit of momentum by year’s end among the ...