As Japan deepens its allegiance to US military interests, Japanese artists are finding creative ways to foster a stronger culture of political dissent.
The completed Champlain Hudson Power Express brings a significant influx of cleaner energy to the city’s electric grid, which is mostly powered by fossil fuels.
When Lukashenko assured the world that Kim Jong Un is “not a dictator,” one had to wonder whether North Korea’s Supreme Commander felt insulted rather than flattered. Plus: it’s anti-Zionism, silly.
The end of CBS Radio News marks more than the silencing of a venerable broadcaster; it signals the fading of an older American belief that media owed the public something beyond profit.
Would religion be better without God? The author of The Time Machine had some thoughts.
There is plenty in DNC 2024 Autopsy to show that the Democratic Party took lessons from its defeat in 2024. The problem is that it learned all the wrong lessons because the party refuses to ask the right questions.
Denmark’s comfort with “risky play” suggests that giving children more room to climb, build, roam, and test their limits may help them grow into more confident, resilient adults.
USA Today turned a story about a prehistoric bone into a misleading Nancy Guthrie clickbait scare, and AOL helped monetize the panic.
We’re off our brief hiatus, and you can look forward to great fiction, commentary and contrarian tastes and opinions. Also poetry!
From Appalachian coal mines to the streets of Minneapolis, protest songs have rallied Americans to choose a side in moments of crisis. As artists revive and reinvent classics like “Which Side Are You On?”, music once again proves its power to console, unify and challenge authority.
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