1+ hour, 57+ min ago   (400+ words) If nothing else, the 2026 World Cup exposed the fact that globalization represents no challenge to neofascism, authoritarianism, rightwing nationalism. As this issue goes to press, with Spain having won, I am surveying the 2026 men’s World Cup soccer tournament and asking,…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago   (572+ words) The race to develop artificial intelligence puts humankind in unparalleled danger. by Marc Rosenthal, Julie Derwinski As longtime participants in movements for social justice, we have come to realize that the threat posed by artificial intelligence (AI) is not separate…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago   (489+ words) State officials weigh a new federal school voucher program that is ripe for profiteering and discrimination. The Education Law Center cites estimates that the federal program will cost between $5 and $51 billion this coming year, depending on state participation. Professor Martin…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (600+ words) The tradwife has landed. I thought it would have quickly flown away from our cultural consciousness by now—a distant memory of a TikTok trend where women in soft voices made papyrus for toddler art projects and grew their own…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (357+ words) Every billionaire-owned media outlet is a profound threat to our democracy. Even during the best of times, media corporations often maximize profits by ruthlessly cutting corners and forcing their media workers to do more for less. Too often, costly services…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (580+ words) We cannot extract our way to a better future. Sharing and caring for the Earth is the only sane and healthy path forward. On a recent summer weekend, I found myself behind the wheel of a self-driving electric car, riding…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (855+ words) Paréa Lesbos, a community center for migrants and asylum seekers on the Greek coast, is a scenic refuge for those who have faced violence and chaos. by Giacomo Sini, Dario Antonelli Mohamed Ayash, a Palestinian migrant from Gaza who lives…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1002+ words) Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis Facebook Modern day unsolved deaths bear the hallmarks of nineteenth and twentieth century lynchings. Content warning: This article contains mentions of suicide. If I am ever found hanging from a tree, it was not…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (465+ words) Festival of Faiths (CC BY 2.0) As dangerous trends continue to intensify, we need his voice more than ever. Berry worked continually and until the very end of his life, often making the same points with the same urgency. His most…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (202+ words) The great poet, essayist, and fiction writer had a habit of repeating himself—but only because what he had to say was so important. I first met Wendell Berry in November 2019, at his farm in Port Royal, Kentucky, where he…...