Humility––Restraint––Resilience: On a summer day in Munich in 1972, this rare amalgam of qualities produced a legendary Olympic victory....

In June 2016, President Obama designated the Stonewall Inn a national monument – the first such monument dedicated to the LGBTQ movement....

Free speech and the protection of vulnerable minority groups are two vital commitments of liberal democracies. Ideally, and indeed a lot...

Riding the ever-surging wave of alt-right sentiment in recent years, right wing political commentators have effectively monopolized the...

Initially introduced to the United States by Mexican immigrants, legal cannabis has flourished in America in recent decades. Although...

The Cloud represents a vast spatiotemporal reconfiguration of data storage. Time and geographical distance are ostensibly meaningless...

Billy Graham, the famous American evangelical preacher, undoubtedly had a lasting impact on American religion and its relationship with...

If any line could summarize the politics of Israeli-produced film Foxtrot, it is perhaps the one elaborating on the film’s own title....

On February 5, Providence community advocates, leaders, and residents gathered to encourage unity and condemn bigotry in response to...

For just $11.99 you too can be the proud owner of a “Che Guevara Revolution T-Shirt!” This statement is ironic in that a fervent Latin...

Defying the Social-Darwinist underpinnings of the market-based economy, the Fair Trade movement is a consumer-driven, capitalist approach...

"“I ain’t have no positive upbringing, you know how fucking hard this shit is? You know how fucking hard I try just to be a good role...

Suffering under Chinese oppression, Tibet is one of the least free regions of the world. It is, in fact, the second to least free–behind...

Considering the sheer size of “golden age” television’s critically acclaimed programs, it comes with irony that Hollywood barely avoided...

Of the many canons in global literary history, specific attention has always been paid to banned and censored books. The reason for this...

Amidst a flurry of sexual misconduct accusations against famous portrait artist Chuck Close, the National Gallery of Art in Washington...

The political parties of the United States continuously fail the nation’s poor. Republicans have devised a tax plan that disenfranchises...

On January 13 2018, Hawaii residents and tourists were shaken by an emergency alert on their cell phones that read: “BALLISTIC MISSILE...

The 2016 election was obviously pivotal for many reasons, including for members of the comedy community. As is the case with many others,...

Since October of last year, all five boroughs of NYC have been taken-over with more than 300 works by beloved Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in...