On the death of the philosopher who served as director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of the Scientific-Technical World from 1971 to 1981On ...

Yesterday would have been the 75th birthday of Tom Henehan, a member of the Political Committee of the Workers League who was assassinated in 1977. We are republishing here a tribute delivered by ...

In “Chain of Ideas,” Ibram X. Kendi argues that a modern form of xenophobia has come to dominate conservative movements across the world.

Historian Barry McNealy teaches high school history and works with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. He'll give a public ...

Politics / The critics of “performative politics” misunderstand something fundamental: Democracy survives only when citizens perform it. Ned Resnikoff If you’ve spent any time online over the past one ...

Vilfredo Pareto’s Treatise on General Sociology has long been considered one of the seminal works of modern sociology. One list even ranked it among the hundred most influential books ever written in ...