The journalism professor on what he saw at Columbia and what viruses and crises illuminate about the structure of society.

The ICC prosecutor takes the radical step of applying a consistent standard to both Israel and Hamas. No wonder U.S. political elites are horrified: if no one is exempt from following international law, what does that mean for our own war crimes?

Today, wealthy capitalists want to strip-mine the wonders of outer space for their own greed and vanity. Voyager offers another way.

Our culture is filled with images of adorable animals, even as we brutalize them by the billions.

Journalist John Washington debunks common anti-immigrant myths and explains why free movement is a human right.

Telling voters their opinions don’t matter will not persuade them to vote for you.

The latest expulsions are just part of a wider, deeply cynical political strategy.

Leah Hunt-Hendrix on why the concept of solidarity needs a central place in political philosophy.