Sometime in the late 1980s, I was talking with a friend on my landline (the only kind of telephone we had then). We were discussing logistics for an...

I’m 79 years old today.I’m spending most of my time with people 50 years younger — my graduate students, my colleagues at Inequality Media Civic...

I’m 79 years old today.I’m spending most of my time with people 50 years younger — my graduate students, my colleagues at Inequality Media Civic...

Recently, I looked at the importance of our government embracing free speech and not trying to stifle it or intimidate (or deport) people for...

Update: I’m told that the following message, which I received earlier today, purporting to be from Liz Cheney, is a hoax. She didn’t send it....

China’s social scoring system has sparked fears of similar developments elsewhere. A Swiss team is currently trying to find out how democracies...

Western support for Israel against Iran is part of a "preventive" interventionist approach that contributes to the erosion of international law...

Last October, after Hurricane Helene devastated swathes of the U.S. southeast, a surge of misinformation stoked by right-wing public figures fueled...

Last October, after Hurricane Helene devastated swathes of the U.S. southeast, a surge of misinformation stoked by right-wing public figures fueled...

Despite a series of legal wins against the Trump administration, Harvard officials have concluded that those victories alone might be insufficient to...