Education

In this week’s Mini Philosophy interview with Massimo Pigliucci, we see why the Stoics and Skeptics thought science was so important.

Istanbul is one of the world’s biggest cities, growing larger still every year. Its rapid expansion is putting enormous stress on its water supplies.

Did Tom Cruise really dance in his underwear and a pair of Ray-Bans in “Risky Business”? If you answered “yes,” you might be suffering from the Mandela Effect.

Had they merely read the summary, my students would have seen many of the same words, but they’d have lacked the feeling part.

The annual list features 13 leaders who are working to create a more equal world.

In early February, Wheaton College, a well-known evangelical school outside of Chicago, made a seemingly innocuous post on social media, giving a shout-out to one of its own for getting a prestigious job. An alumnus, Russell Vought, had just been confirmed as the director of the U.S.

Mikhail Lermontov’s Memory of Caucasus, 1838. Americans have long been invested in an imaginary story: that whiteness stems from the mountainous region between Eastern Europe and Western Asia known as the Caucasus.

From the Rights of Nature movement to technological work advancing interspecies communication, I’m fascinated by new animist reimaginings of old beliefs in the agency and intelligence of nature.

How Democrats should combat Trump’s war on racial justice. Donald Trump did not campaign on a promise to end the Pentagon’s celebration of Black History Month.

The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture.