Films and TV shows keep reimagining history as a multiracial dream world. Is that really a step forward?
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In Davos, Switzerland, this January, a new icon of capitalist resentment took the stage. President Javier Milei of Argentina won…
Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, has been in office for just over 100 days. Since his inauguration on Dec. 10,…
Every year, I spend a month or two in Puerto Rico, where my mother’s family is from. Often I go…
Recent heat waves in cities worldwide have the hallmarks of global warming, researchers said. And last month was the hottest…
In “Anita de Monte Laughs Last,” by Xochitl Gonzalez, two Latina women working a decade apart fight to break out…
The Oscar best picture hopefuls “Barbie” and “Poor Things” look nothing alike, but their central characters go on similar journeys.
I’ve recently been reading about Warren Buffett’s father, Howard Buffett, a four-term Republican congressman from Nebraska. He seems to have…
Judah Levine, top time researcher, explains how Feb. 29 was invented to keep the major holidays from colliding.
War is on the rise everywhere. When the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London published its authoritative Armed Conflict…