The state of poverty in fact covers a variety of situations, but always leads to exclusion, primarily...
Month: December 2021
Donald Trump and other ultrarich Americans have earned billions and repeatedly avoided paying any federal income tax....
The elite classes in Rome and Athens found lucrative business endeavors necessary in order to climb their...
The U.S. has become a country of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich. Introduction...
The Roman hierarchy created different rights and privileges, including voting rights, marriage rights, and more. Introduction Social...
All of the housing built for government job-creation programs of the New Deal was segregated. For many...
Examining classical Athens’ distinctive approach to building a system of law and order. Abstract How do democratic...
A minority party—Republicans—enforcing minority rule can succeed only with violence. By Jesse Jackson “Renewing our democracy and strengthening...
Rhetoric took precedence over evidence in Ancient Athenian courts. By Lauren Davis Introduction To many modern audiences,...
The planned coup nearly worked, but leftists stayed home and likely thwarted plans to call in troops...
For its courts, modern Europe turned to the old Roman cognitio in the form of the so-called Romano-canonical procedure....
The GOP has embraced the oligarchic strong-man police-state. By Thom Hartmann Do we stand on the edge of...
Ancient Greek literature has had a profound impact on later Greek literature and also western literature at...
“The extremely high number of journalists in arbitrary detention is the work of three dictatorial regimes.” Reporters...
Just as in modern literature, it is a complex and rich field of study, from the utterly...
The local media outlets and workers in Hong Kong face even greater challenges and pressures than their...
This is the era the Europeans and Eastern counterparts “woke up”, expanded, and built empires. Introduction The history...
The mainstream media are holding their collective noses and supporting Project Veritas in its fight. Introduction An...
Genetic research is shedding new light on the history of diseases. Introduction The death date of smallpox...
These conspiracy theories are part of a dangerous misinformation crisis that has been building for years in...
The ancient pathogens in old graves are as dead as the people they once infected. Still, they...
Far-right groups have mobilized emotions around COVID-19 restrictions and vaccinations. A new study has found that the...
If history provides any guidance, the next pandemic organism may already be lurking. This fall, when U.S....
Countering the ways that anti-vaccine activists on social media target vulnerable parents. Introduction Since COVID-19 vaccines became available for...
The portrayal of bears in Russian folklore and heraldry and their use as a symbol of national...
“We should be looking for that bud, and if he travels anywhere — grab him like [Viktor]...
The pervasiveness and extreme nature of North Korea’s personality cult surpasses that of even Joseph Stalin or...
North Korea has become ever more isolated, while expanded military capabilities make it a growing threat. Introduction...
The iconic image may have originated with a meat supplier named Samuel Wilson. Or not. A Patriotic...
A fast-approaching U.S.-style fascism with the snarling visage of serial criminal and constitutional violator, Donald J. Trump....