As a human rights activist, Angélica Macario was used to the hubbub and noise of protests and to seeing her people take their ...

After threatening to destroy Iran’s civilization ‘for now and ever’, Trump announced a tentative ceasefire with Iran and temporary ceasefire of mutual hostilities for another two weeks. In the interim ...

For years California teachers unions have sought to coordinate the expirations of our contracts and unite to strengthen our bargaining position. California teachers unions’ “We Can’t Wait” campaign ...

At some point—and I can’t quite say when—it has become harder, at least from this side of the Atlantic, to separate our image of Donald Trump from the United States itself. The two have begun to blur ...

JD Vance on UFOs: “I don’t think they’re aliens; I think they’re demons.” Anaïs Nin: “We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are.” We don’t see the world (or the phenomenon) as it is — we ...

I traveled to Cuba this month. As a Cuban American, that sentence carries the weight of longing born of an estrangement from my roots. For much of my life, Cuba existed as a distant story, a place I ...

Our Secretary of Defense (or War) Pete Hegseth seems to be having a really great time killing people in Iran, but his live action video games come at a big cost — not just in lives, but in budget ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s conservative evangelical religious beliefs drew attention even before his confirmation hearings in January 2025. He is a member of the Communion of Reformed ...

After decades of bipartisan deference to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the likely contenders for the next Democratic presidential nomination have been distancing themselves ...

Sinclair Lewis would have recognized Pete Hegseth immediately—a Christian nationalist whose religious beliefs, tattoos, and now his policies let everyone know he’s on a crusade to do no good. And what ...

I was so smitten with Cuba when I went there with Pastors for Peace in 2007 that I bought a school bus the very next year and drove it down from Maine to Texas as one of the 2008 Pastors for Peace ...