What is the most distinctive feature of the previous century: the liberating potential of decolonization, of feminism, of the creation of the Western welfare state? The promises and threats of its ...

I have been reading most of the fundraising appeals sent out by think tanks and other organizations that promote a free economy. Almost all of these requests present the frightening scenario of a more ...

Five years ago, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence suddenly found his state under siege. The White House, tech business leaders and even the NCAA had all expressed their outrage over the Hoosier State’s new ...

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Racism, lying by officials, cracks in the edifice of civil society, widespread stupidity, and the lure of authority—these are among the issues that plagued Hannah Arendt during her years in the United ...

NEWS ANALYSIS: Pope Francis sparked a furor when he urged Chinese Catholics to be ‘good citizens,’ but experts say the Church, by its very nature, remains a thorn in the side of contemporary ...

A portrait of political theorist and author Hannah Arendt in 1949. (Fred Stein Archive / Archive Photos / Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive ...

In his latest novel, Ismail Kadare examines the line between death and life, and between the individual and the state. Ismail Kadare is by far the most successful Albanian writer, living or dead. The ...

In the current historical moment in the United States, the emptying out of language is nourished by the assault on the civic imagination. One example of this can be found in the rise of Donald Trump ...