By Shiran Illanperuma 13 August 2025 marked what would have been the 99th birthday of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro. It also marks the...

Image of the arrest via video screenshot on X By Shiran Illanperuma “Don’t worry, I will control the situation”, former president Ranil...

From boot camp battle cries to euphemisms on the battlefield, the U.S. military relies on “kill talk”—a robust linguistic infrastructure...

Carriage with Queen Maxima and King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands during Prinsjesdag in 2018 -- Peter van der Sluijs, CC BY-SA 4.0,...

By Dae-Han Song If you look at the news, the media treats the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum more like a gala than a...

A remarkable year for a remarkable prize. Winners included Kwame Nkrumah and Pablo Picasso and hailed from Ghana, France, the Hungarian...

From the Soviet Press, 1960 The union was an important factor in getting the plant and personnel prepared for the switchover to the 7...

From The Soviet Press, 1960 Along with the changeover to the 7-hour day came not only more free time but a general overhaul of the wage...

The Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna -- C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, via Wikimedia Commons By Jorge Coulon From the orderly center...

From trading posts to tech empires, corporations continue to grow in strength. Without reform, their power may soon eclipse public...

A look at the magnificent Soviet palace from 1962 & 1979 From the Soviet Press, July 1962: ALTHOUGH the Palace of Congresses is one of...

The rise and erosion of the plebeian council offers perspectives on the stagnant U.S. civil rights movement. Gaius Gracchus, tribune of...

Mammuthus primigenius -- Smithsonian Institution, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Brenna R. Hassett There is an incredible amount of...

Stonehenge from a distance -- Noushin Nabavi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Andrew Califf How humans moved large rocks to...

From ancient rituals to modern beats, the drum has echoed through every era as a vessel of rhythm, culture, and connection. A collection...

By Biljana Vankovska As NATO’s next summit looms – against the backdrop of an escalating proxy war in Ukraine and a genocidal horror in...

José ‘Pepe’ Mujica in 2023 -- Pablo Valadares/Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Ali Abutalebi In his condolence...

Image from the victory celebrations April 30 cropped via X By Vijay Prashad Fifty years ago, on 30 April 1975, the revolutionary forces...

A new archeology is being developed based on evidence of human activity in the Earth’s sedimentary record, and archeologists are helping...

Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park, Berlin -- JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Biljana Vankovska As we...