Photo by Traxer The Republicans in Congress, along with many Democrats, are rushing ahead with legislation to promote crypto currencies in various ways. Their motivation is not hard to understand; they got hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions from...
Photo by Jay Clark Surprisingly, top Republicans in Congress and the White House have recently been praising labor! Well, not laborers — but “laboring.” “Work,” exclaim these politicos, provides “dignity” to all who labor. Dignity? Obviously, they’ve never been inside...
Photo by Ye Jinghan Mike returned home to Philadelphia after a 15-year prison sentence and suffered an emotional breakdown. “I just couldn’t stop crying … I don’t know. It was the anxiety. It was just a lot,” he said. “I was under a lot of pressure and it just came...
Voice of America headquarters. Photograph Source: 美國之音 – Public Domain In March this year, the Trump administration effectively shuttered the Voice of America, a broadcasting vehicle for the selective promotion of US policy and culture for over eight decades. Nearly...
Rooftop solar water heaters are ubiquitous in China. Photograph Source: Vmenkov – CC BY-SA 3.0 This summer, China’s commitment to high-level opening-up is in full swing, highlighted by the grand opening of the Third China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in...
Muhammadu Buhari, Wikipedia. This article summarizes historian Samuel Fury Childs Daly’s perspectives on Nigerian history and the armed rule that shaped its national identity and government. In particular, I discuss the legacy of the recently deceased Muhammadu Buhari...
Image by Duncan Shaffer. Protests over the last 6 years The sheer number of protests in the first six months of 2025 resulting from unpopular actions taken by the federal government (and state and local governments) is getting difficult to track: Legislation to cancel...
‘To a Land Unknown’ Cannes Film Festival. Mahdi Fleifel’s “To a Land Unknown” opens with a quote by the great Palestinian intellectual Edward Said, reflecting on the fate of his people to be scattered in different lands since their home is denied. Such is also the...
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Egyptian-born Omar El Akkad had studied in the United States and been 10 years a journalist when, in the summer of 2021, he became an American citizen. Covering the War on Terror in Afghanistan and at the U.S. detention center in...
‘To a Land Unknown’ Cannes Film Festival. Mahdi Fleifel’s “To a Land Unknown” opens with a quote by the great Palestinian intellectual Edward Said, reflecting on the fate of his people to be scattered in different lands since their home is denied. Such is also the...
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Egyptian-born Omar El Akkad had studied in the United States and been 10 years a journalist when, in the summer of 2021, he became an American citizen. Covering the War on Terror in Afghanistan and at the U.S. detention center in...
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Egyptian-born Omar El Akkad had studied in the United States and been 10 years a journalist when, in the summer of 2021, he became an American citizen. Covering the War on Terror in Afghanistan and at the U.S. detention center in...