by Ramzy Baroud Image by Tristan Sosteric. Inadvertently, Israel has pressed the reset button on its war with the Palestinian people, taking back the so-called conflict to square one. Save for a few self-serving Palestinian officials affiliated with the Palestinian Authority (PA),...
by Michael Hudson Photograph Source: Irisoptical – CC BY-SA 4.0 The recent Congressional hearings leading to a bloodbath of university presidents brings back memories from my teen-age years in the 1950s when everyone’s eyes were glued to the TV broadcast of...
Cathlyne Joy Alvarez-Abarejo Truth is vaguely conceived in the method of the Philosophy for Children (P4C) program’s Community of Inquiry (COI or CPI) either as “discovered,” implied as objective and universal, or even “generated” or something subjectively and relatively...
India's Human Development Index (HDI) value rebounded in 2022, rising from 0.633 to 0.644, placing the country in the medium human development category. Additionally, India has made progress in reducing gender inequality, with a Gender Inequality Index (GII) value...
This year’s US presidential elections are not the only potential hurdle confronting President Joe Biden’s multi-pronged vision for a Middle East peace once the Gaza war ends. So is Israeli intransigence, the prospect of a long-term insurgency in post-war Gaza,...
By Eve Ottenberg Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair There is no daylight between presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump on the permanent war economy. Both tout the weapons industry as a source of jobs, jobs, jobs for Americans, never mentioning...
Ardra R.    'The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita or BNS2', is something that demands serious attention, but has been greatly ignored by the media and the general public.  It is set to replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), serving...
Economics needs greater humility, a better sense of history, and more diversity JAYATI GHOSH The need for drastic change in the economics discipline has never been so urgent. Humanity faces existential crises, with planetary health and environmental challenges becoming...
Photograph Source: European Commission (Dati Bendo) A group of young people in Paris are enjoying a drink in a café on an unseasonably warm evening. The conversation drifts into politics, but—as one young woman says—“Let’s not talk about France.” The...
Rajesh Komath In Bramayugam, directed by Rahul Sadasivan and co-written with TD Ramakrishnan, Mammootty challenges Malayalam filmmakers to push boundaries. He portrays Koduman Potti, the last survivor of a crumbling mana, interacting with Arjun Ashokan's Thevan, a low-caste singer seeking...