Vice President Mike Pence created much ado in August when he revealed “Space Force,” —  a proposed sixth branch of the US military....

San Francisco is a city of juxtapositions: concrete jungles abut natural havens; postmodern sculptures clash fiercely with the old...

Few things feel more powerful than being surrounded by young people who are taking a risk to speak out and fight for justice. Disrupting...

The recent passing of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, one of the anti-Apartheid’s most enduring figures, has served as a reminder of the...

Over the last 50 years, swearing in front of large audience has shifted from an obscenity crime to the norm, and while this trend has...

On January 16th, 2018, YouTube announced new requirements for the YouTube Partner Program, which are to be enforced starting February...

On Sunday, March 4th 2018, 46 million Italians voted to form the country’s 18th legislature and for the succession to a new government....

In February 2017, Facebook changed its mission statement from “to give people the power to share and make the world more open and...

The Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline, has been hailed as a “peace pipeline” with the...

The Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter are two attractions in Kentucky run by the Christian apologetics group Answers in Genesis. The...

In a paradox of popular environmental discourse, global corporations are notoriously cast in two diametrically opposed lights: as...

China’s social credit policies have populated news headlines recently, and it’s easy to see why. The social credit score (SCS), which...

Ever since Edward Jenner’s smallpox vaccine gained traction in the early 19th century, vaccination has formed the bedrock of public...

Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla known for his increasingly outlandish products, has flaunted bold visions for the colonization of Mars...

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

In rural Bawa, Mozambique, fetching water and washing clothes have become dangerous activities. For members of certain communities,...

A few years ago, one of the nearly 1,500 satellites orbiting Earth took a picture of the Nigerien desert. On that particular day, the...

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...

In a given year, 4,224 people are killed by police brutality in Brazil (2016), 1,147 in the U.S. (2017), and 11 in Germany (2016). In...