A May 31 New York Times column by Robert McFarlane, author of Is a River Alive?, celebrates the demolition of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River in northern California, thus providing some “400 miles of restored habitat for salmon…
Since the latest outbreak of the Israel-Palestine Conflict on October 7th, the state of Israel has been relentlessly accused of systematically oppressing and abusing Palestinian women and girls. In fact, numerous political pundits have used International Women’s Day as the…
Democracy arose in Britain and in America as a fight for rights. In the 1600s, Parliament stood up for their rights against King Charles I. Charles wanted to concentrate all political power in himself, much as the Tudor monarchs had…
Beverly Gage, a professor of history at Yale University and the author of a recent biography of J. Edgar Hoover, recently took to the pages of Foreign Affairs to present her and Jacob Heilbrunn’s version of the history of the…
Ten years ago, the United Nations took an extraordinary step by denouncing North Korea for its awful human rights record. The situation has worsened, as the COVID pandemic caused Pyongyang to effectively seal its borders. Human Rights Watch recently reported that…
For all their differences, it is clear that President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump agree that the unborn are not — and should not — be federally protected. Though President Trump has objected to Florida’s and Arizona’s recent…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s return to power in December 2023 was hailed by liberal onlookers as a step forward for the nation. After what New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg called an “eight-year slide toward authoritarianism” under the Law…
Recently the Biden administration elevated humanitarian aid to Gaza as a foreign policy priority amidst ongoing negotiations for hostages and an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire. The talking point of aid to Gaza is nothing new; international outcry from Israel’s adversaries, UNWRA, Amnesty…
Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve been working intermittently on a theatrical project that’s so politically incorrect, and thus so unlikely to ever, ever be professionally produced, that for a long time now it’s never really been anything more…
