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The ‘courage to be’ in uncertain times − how one 20th-century...

Mordechai Gordon, Quinnipiac University Over the past few weeks, as negotiations for a ceasefire in Ukraine drag on, I’ve...

Why Trump’s post-impeachment actions are about vengeance, not retribution

Austin Sarat, Amherst College Since the end of his Senate impeachment trial, President Donald Trump has carried out a concerted campaign against his Democratic political...

What’s behind the belief in a soulmate?

Bradley Onishi, Skidmore College The United States appears to be in a romantic slump. Marriage rates have plummeted over the last decade. And compared to...

What philosophers have to say about eating meat

Joan McGregor, Arizona State University WeWork, a co-working and office space company, recently made a company policy not to serve or reimburse meals that include...

A trans soldier in the ancient Roman army?

Tom Sapsford, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences In a series of recent tweets, Donald Trump proposed to ban...

What Plato can teach you about finding a soulmate

Firmin DeBrabander, Maryland Institute College of Art In the beginning, humans were androgynous. So says Aristophanes in his fantastical account of the origins of love...

EXPLORING NATURE

How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell...

Shannon Gibson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences When Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean in October...
A fisherman looks at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, in 2023. Ronald Siagian/AFP via Getty Images

Can the world quit coal?