Taylor Swift and J.K. Rowling — arguably two of the world’s most influential women — face renewed public criticism as their art and opinions dominate global debate. Swift’s new album and Rowling’s ...

To try to foresee the next four years with US President-Elect Donald Trump, we should remember what we learned during his first presidential term: It is a mistake to take him literally and mock him ...

When Eric Trump said, “My father is running out of lives here,” it served not only as an expression of concern for a potential cataclysm that would affect his family but as a warning that the violence ...

On December 10, 2023, Javier Milei was elected President of Argentina with 55.6% of the vote. The eccentric president has attracted global attention for his outrageous media style, his extreme ideas ...

1885: The Indian National Congress (INC) convenes to make demands from the colonial British government on behalf of Indians of all regions, religions, castes, classes et al. The British administration ...

Zohran Mamdani, the Democrat mayoral candidate for New York, has caught the fancy of many around the world. Yet when we take a closer look at him, the 33-year-old does not appear so wonderful. If ...

As a sovereign nation, the State of Israel has existed since 1948, following the end of the 30-year mandate for British administration of Palestine, when the Jewish Agency declared the territory as ...

As the war in Ukraine grinds toward its fourth winter, a parallel conflict is being fought not in the trenches of the Donbas, but in Brussels. The weapon of choice is neither artillery nor drones, but ...

Atul and Glenn explain how Germany rose from the ashes of defeat in World War II to create a postwar economic miracle. After the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Germany faced integration problems but ...

Israel has carried out a relentless and zealous military onslaught in Gaza that shows orchestrated mass inhumanity on a gargantuan scale. This campaign has killed tens of thousands of civilians, razed ...

Harvard political scientists Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way and Daniel Ziblatt argue that the United States has transitioned into a competitive authoritarian regime under President Donald Trump. They ...

On December 7, thousands of Brazilians marched to protest femicide and violence against women. Brazil has a deep-rooted history of misogyny, racism and inequality, and though the country has improved ...