Tom Nichols on past and future elections, Ukraine and Israel aid policy debates, and growing polarization in America.

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.” ...

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 ...

China’s domestic economy has faced persistent struggles since the collapse of a property bubble in 2021, marked by the downfall of Evergrande—once the world’s most valuable property developer. The ...

Despite multiple colonial erasure efforts, there are over 4,000 different Indigenous languages spoken worldwide. Indigenous peoples have tirelessly fought to maintain their languages as a core part of ...

Steven Brown has dedicated more than three decades to serving as the executive director of the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Prior to his long tenure in Rhode ...

Daniel Jordan Smith is a Professor of Anthropology and International Studies at Brown University, as well as a Director of the Africa Initiative. He received a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from ...

In early 2025, California faced a series of devastating wildfires that ravaged vast areas of the state—particularly its southern regions. Two weeks after the fires broke out in Los Angeles, President ...

Policy-makers in the United Kingdom face a difficult task as they tackle the question of how legislation could effectively reduce tobacco consumption in the nation given that simply the widespread ...

Just months after then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent shockwaves through the international community by accusing the Indian government of assassinating a Sikh activist in Vancouver, the United ...

Today, hundreds of community members assembled in front of the federal court building in Downtown Providence to protest Elon Musk and President Donald Trump. The event was organized by Indivisible ...

Josh Pacewicz is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies at Brown University. His research examines the creation of the American state and subnational governance, particularly the ...