11+ hour, 14+ min ago  (547+ words) Vinvent Bollor, France " via Shutterstock Critics claim that his growing media empire has helped push parts of French political discourse further to the right, especially through outlets such as CNews and Europe 1. Now, his expanding influence in publishing and journalism…...

7+ hour, 42+ min ago  (493+ words) Slovenian neo-Marxist philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj "i'ek has spent 50 years telling us everything is broken. Has anyone considered that the diagnosis might be personal? This is the strange gift of "i'ek. He has made despair into a genre. At…...

7+ hour, 15+ min ago  (466+ words) Alongside other landmark cases this term, like Trump v. Barbara, in which the government seeks to undo the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, the results of Noem v. Al Otro Lado are likely to reveal the lengths to which the Supreme Court…...

7+ hour, 34+ min ago  (276+ words) Russian diplomats have invoked stalling tactics during negotiations to provide a strategic window for military mobilization ahead of a 2026 summer offensive. Image made with Google Gemini. The last round of US-Russia-Ukraine talks in Geneva ended more than two months ago,…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (252+ words) Welcome ceremony of Donald Trump by Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Trump's theory was simple: Escalate tariffs until Beijing folds, but China did not fold. Instead, it…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1178+ words) When explaining why he took an unpaid position rather than keep searching for a paid one, Ahmed responded: "I took it because there weren't enough open positions in the job market " unpaid roles often have a higher chance of selection....

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (373+ words) The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Temper your sharpness, disentangle your ideas, moderate your brilliancy, live in harmony with your age. This is being in conformity with the Tao. Such a man is impervious alike to favour and…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (268+ words) The office of Devil's Advocate is a historical reality. Created in 1587, the jurist's task was to poke holes in dossiers proposing the canonization of a new saint. Our easier task is to poke holes in the dominant narratives supplied by…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (373+ words) The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Temper your sharpness, disentangle your ideas, moderate your brilliancy, live in harmony with your age. This is being in conformity with the Tao. Such a man is impervious alike to favour and…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (329+ words) Isackson notes that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of war crimes, though it has not formally charged him with genocide. Ruch argues that the ICC's paralysis reflects immense political pressure placed on its judges…...