“If they don’t pay,” President Donald Trump warned of NATO allies, “I’m not going to defend them.” Currently, his official position is that the United States would reconsider its defense commitments if its allies fail to demonstrate resol...
Tropical forests are one of our most crucial defenses against climate change, but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. A record 6.7 million hectares of rainforest were lost in 2024, largely due to agriculture and human-caused wildfires—result...
Picture this: You are freshly 16 years old, zooming down the New Jersey Turnpike with music blasting at 2 AM, hitting 103 miles per hour like it is nothing. The feeling is nipped by the glare of flashing blue lights. Panic does not set in, however, b...
The first Russian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Ivan Bunin, was unable to do so as a proud representative of his country. Introduced at the Nobel Banquet as “the soul of vanished Russia,” Bunin expressed his gratitude to “the hospitalit...
The first Russian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Ivan Bunin, was unable to do so as a proud representative of his country. Introduced at the Nobel Banquet as “the soul of vanished Russia,” Bunin expressed his gratitude to “the hospitalit...
“One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone. Beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one’s beliefs.” These assertions, number...
“One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone. Beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one’s beliefs.” These assertions, number...
The first recorded instance of a political sex strike—when women actively withhold sex from men as a temporary means of political action—dates back to 411 BCE in Aristophanes’ play Lysistrata. The comedy displays an effort by Lysistrata to end ...
The first recorded instance of a political sex strike—when women actively withhold sex from men as a temporary means of political action—dates back to 411 BCE in Aristophanes’ play Lysistrata. The comedy displays an effort by Lysistrata to end ...
Debates about fertility rates rage around the world. India is no exception. As a country where family and children are valued above nearly all else, this fact is unsurprising. But focus on family often comes at great cost for India’s women. In a na...
Debates about fertility rates rage around the world. India is no exception. As a country where family and children are valued above nearly all else, this fact is unsurprising. But focus on family often comes at great cost for India’s women. In a na...
This past June, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis celebrated the passage of his Parental Rights in Education bill. Dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” by its opponents, the Act imposes strict regulations on the discussion of sexual orientation and gender id...
This past June, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis celebrated the passage of his Parental Rights in Education bill. Dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” by its opponents, the Act imposes strict regulations on the discussion of sexual orientation and gender id...
In an anonymous statement to the United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), an Egyptian woman described in painful detail her family’s reaction to her contracting HIV: They ostracized her, beat her, and withheld her inheritance. In an attem...
In an anonymous statement to the United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), an Egyptian woman described in painful detail her family’s reaction to her contracting HIV: They ostracized her, beat her, and withheld her inheritance. In an attem...
Representative James Comer (R-KY) was celebrating as midterm election results rolled in this November—he had received 74.8 percent of the vote in his Kentucky district, and his party was on track to clinch a thin House majority. However, even after...
Representative James Comer (R-KY) was celebrating as midterm election results rolled in this November—he had received 74.8 percent of the vote in his Kentucky district, and his party was on track to clinch a thin House majority. However, even after...
On January 28, 2023, US officials first noticed a mysterious object floating over the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska. The object subsequently traveled over western Canada before floating back into US airspace in northern Idaho on January 31...
On January 28, 2023, US officials first noticed a mysterious object floating over the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska. The object subsequently traveled over western Canada before floating back into US airspace in northern Idaho on January 31...
If the war in Ukraine can be said to have a silver lining, it is the bringing together of a nation once sharply divided along linguistic, geographical, and class lines. Since Russia’s invasion in February, ordinary Ukrainians and oligarchs alike ha...
If the war in Ukraine can be said to have a silver lining, it is the bringing together of a nation once sharply divided along linguistic, geographical, and class lines. Since Russia’s invasion in February, ordinary Ukrainians and oligarchs alike ha...
Support for adoption transcends bipartisan politics. It is reflected in our popular culture, from Juno to The Blind Side. For the average American, the typical portrayal of adoption features a loving couple taking in an unwanted or neglected baby fro...
Support for adoption transcends bipartisan politics. It is reflected in our popular culture, from Juno to The Blind Side. For the average American, the typical portrayal of adoption features a loving couple taking in an unwanted or neglected baby fro...
Of the 20 men who have held the Presidency since 1900, Warren Harding may be the most forgotten. Indeed, in nearly every name recognition poll, the 29th President ranks the lowest. When historians do recall his legacy, they think of how he preferred ...
Of the 20 men who have held the Presidency since 1900, Warren Harding may be the most forgotten. Indeed, in nearly every name recognition poll, the 29th President ranks the lowest. When historians do recall his legacy, they think of how he preferred ...
A girl of just 15 sobbed on live television while her coach questioned why she hadn’t kept fighting. The silver medalist broke down, repeatedly insisting she would never compete again. And the gold medalist looked despondent on the podium, later de...
A girl of just 15 sobbed on live television while her coach questioned why she hadn’t kept fighting. The silver medalist broke down, repeatedly insisting she would never compete again. And the gold medalist looked despondent on the podium, later de...