Tom Nichols is one of America’s leading intellectuals, political and cultural commentators, and experts on international security, Russia, threats to democracy, and nuclear policy. Nichols is a staff ...

The Indian state’s manipulation of social media platforms was also particularly evident during the height of the 2020-2021 Indian Farmers’ Protests. The backlash began when the BJP, in an attempt to ...

The shift to the Latin script was arguably a pragmatic decision—aligning Azerbaijan with other Turkic nations that had adopted the Latin alphabet (such as Turkish, Uzbek, and Turkmen, with ongoing ...

Imagine the world-famous American breakfast: a stack of pancakes dripping in maple syrup, bacon, eggs, and, of course, a glass of Florida orange juice. But this iconic assemblage is in danger—citrus ...

Leading up to the January 19 deadline for TikTok to be acquired by a non-Chinese owner or face being banned in the United States, a vocal handful of TikTok users began migrating to Xiaohongshu (XHS), ...

Trump’s tariffs may slow China’s export-driven momentum, but they are unlikely to deliver a significant blow to the Chinese economy. Instead, they have accelerated Beijing’s shift toward domestic ...

Public policy attempts to reduce tobacco use have met varying degrees of success. In 2019, Sweden became the only country in Europe to ban smoking in the outdoor seating areas of bars and restaurants.

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 ...

Backed by the leaf’s historical significance to Bolivia’s Indigenous populations and heritage, deregulating coca has come to represent an impassioned movement for anti-imperialist influence in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Environmental conservation initiatives have become synonymous with the left, but it has not always been this way. In the 20th century, American presidents from both sides of the aisle favored ...