Let America Be America Again
By Langston Hughes July 1, 1936 (originally published in Esquire magazine) Let America be America again.Let it be the dream it used to be.Let it be the pioneer on the…
Top science stories of 2025
In a year of funding chaos, ongoing climate change and pollution perils, we also saw the most powerful telescope yet, personalized gene therapy, and the next-best-thing to an HIV vaccine…
The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates,Jr.
The Professor with the Limp and the Cane and the Cop with the Gun and the Badge By: Donald E. Wilkes, Jr., Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of…
The Battle of Algiers
This film, “La bataille d’Alger”, was released in 1966. It is referenced in the 2025 movie, “One Battle After Another.” It has English subtitles. It is available here from the…
Can public art inspire productive political conversations?
Norman Rockwell. Photograph by Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and Wyatt Gallery, courtesy of For Freedoms. In today’s partisan landscape, thoughtful and open discussions…
Why Socialism
by Albert Einstein Albert Einstein is the world-famous physicist. This article was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). It was subsequently published in May 1998…
Is the US Headed Towards Another Civil War?
Barbara F. Walter | TED, Aug 15, 2023 Based on her work for a CIA task force aimed at predicting civil wars, political scientist Barbara F. Walter examines the rise…
Scenes from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Part 4
Following are scenes from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India that I captured in February 2013.
Scenes from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Part 3
Following are scenes from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India that I captured in February 2013.
Scenes from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Part 4
Following are scenes from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India that I captured in February 2013.