In an interview from June of last year, billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel was asked a seemingly trivial question: “I ...

January 3rd, 2026 marked a turning point in the legitimacy of state sovereignty when President Donald Trump’s administration ...

At the crux of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a story of greatness and growth out of suffering and shame. From 1839 until 1949, China was subjected to defeat, intervention, and exploitation ...

Marked by heavy layers of black clothing, comically tall boots, eccentric eyeliner, and coils of silver chains, goth subculture emerged in 1970s Britain as an offshoot of the punk movement. Since then ...

A barista counting out tips at the end of the day at the Black Cow Coffee Company in Croton-On-Hudson, NY. Credit: Tennekis The tip credit system allows employers to pay subminimum wages under the ...

Massachusetts residents often express smugness about the strength of their education system, tying it to the state’s liberal political leaning. On the surface, this arrogance appears to be ...

What a privilege it is to hate. To roil in anger or resentment. What satisfaction it brings us to share our ire with others and hear it echoed or reaffirmed. We feel validated—vindicated even—and, ...

Beside my grandparents’ apartment door stands a potted plant with a note to fellow building occupants, handwritten in Azerbaijani by my grandfather: “Бура кул габы деjил,” or “This is not an ashtray.” ...

US Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is Michigan’s newly elected junior senator. After serving three successive terms representing Michigan’s 7th and 8th Congressional districts, she outperformed Kamala ...

Fifty years ago, on April 13, 1975, the Lebanese Civil War officially began. The war devastated Lebanon’s economy, infrastructure, and social structure, and culminated in a sectarian model of ...

A former member of Brown’s class of 2027, Alex Shieh became the center of intense debate on campus after launching Bloat@Brown, a DOGE-inspired website that rated Brown staff to identify ...