"The Covid protests are occurring at the height of China’s autocratic moment. While there are calls for free speech and elections, the rallying cry since Sunday has been against a jarring oppression: the incarceration of hundreds of _...Read More_

"China and the West affirm each other’s identity."

"The common thread running through these episodes (aside from the sleaze and cruelty) is the peculiar logic of contemporary US federalism. "

“New privacy and expression laws that vary state to state will be a nightmare for platforms, and for users’ rights.”

>"Clashes between sovereignty rights and civil rights reveal an uncomfortable and complicated story about race and belonging in America."

>"Disagreements have led to delay in course rollout as civil servants think empire material ‘too controversial’"

“Centering” race is not the same thing as undoing racism

>"There is an enormous gap between what people are willing to say in public and what they really think."

"Why digital society brings forth cynicism and anxiety—and what we can do about it. [A very French piece of theory: READERS BE WARNED.] Would you say that life has become more or less “civilized” as societies have evolved? Let us consider _...Read More_

"In 1861, Jay Cooke, a minor money man hoping to help the Union army, lobbied Abraham Lincoln’s government to make investing accessible to more Americans. In 1972, Bill Gross, destined to earn the nickname “the Bond King,” realized that _...Read More_

"The team hopes to simulate how visitors would have experienced the space and gain a stronger understanding of the motivation behind Roman designs"

A world where all humans were in one large puddle of mutual recognition and understanding would be a dangerously fragile and unhedged.

>"With both the NUG and the junta convinced of an inevitable victory, Myanmar is heading toward an even more violent period."

>"Are we naturally violent, power-hungry, and greedy? Rutger Bregman’s book “Humankind” devastates the myth of human selfishness."