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Is Political Violence Ever Okay?

Arhat Pamidi November 8, 2025

Slavery in the United States was a violent regime built on the systemic dehumanization of enslaved Black people. White slaveholders stripped Black people of their

Zen Buddhism In The Name Of Corporate America

Luke Jeon November 5, 2025

The road on Tiananmen Square is gray, but every once in a while, it will turn green. And if you are attentive, you will notice

“Beauty Will Save the World”

Elliot Harvey October 29, 2025

What did Fyodor Dostoyevsky intend by his best-known words? What is beauty, what will it save us from, and how? In the century and a

Social Media and the Over-Democratization of Debate

Mahika Reddy October 29, 2025

We all engage in casual forms of debate almost constantly, and free argumentation is so integral to our daily decision-making that it’s only natural for

Your Party, Their Problems

Will Baker October 27, 2025

Only two months after its founding, MP Zarah Sultana was already calling the UK’s newest political party a “sexist boys’ club.” Her antagonism was surprising

The Beast The Right Built

Tallulah Knill Allen October 26, 2025

At long last, MrBeast may have gone too far. His Sept. 27 video “Would You Risk Dying For $500,000?” poses the question to professional stuntman

There’s No Room for Business in Love

Merjan Khwajazada October 24, 2025

In the early 2000s, a new word started popping up to describe the ever-changing dating scene — situationship. Officially added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in