On the campaign trail for the 2016 Presidential Election, then-candidate Donald J. Trump spared no words in expressing his opinion on Islam. In an effort to rationalize his promise to block the entry ...

Charles W. Mills is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Born in the U.K. and raised in Jamaica, he is a leading thinker in social and political ...

The Black Panther Party has been deeply mischaracterized over the years. Founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale on Oct. 15, 1966, the group of Black revolutionaries who carried guns and wore ...

As the Puerto Rican economic recession approached its 10-year mark, the island’s government was preparing to unveil a new budget plan for the 2016 fiscal year. Recognizing the failure of spending cuts ...

Should the “ultimate guardian of the interests of capitalists and bankers doing international business” hold the fate of ordinary citizens in its hands? Since 1944, the answer, apparently, has been ...

In the current political climate, many disenchanted Americans have expressed, to various degrees of sincerity, a desire to escape to Canada. “If Trump gets re-elected, I’m crossing the border North.” ...

When it comes to flood myths, China’s is not as well known as Noah’s Ark, but just as influential. Legend says that four millennia ago, the Yellow and Yangtze rivers frequently flooded, with ...

Image by Himanshu More licensed under the Unsplash License. According to the latest data from the Migration Policy Institute, 2.7 million Indian immigrants live in the United States, with thousands ...

The explosive growth in the cost of U.S. elections has continued to raise questions about the role of money in politics and its degree of influence on elections. Recent election cycles have shattered ...

Not all experts agree with this characterization of the fossil fuel industry, though. Robert Stavins, a professor of energy and economic development at the Harvard Kennedy School, told the HPR that he ...

Image by Nelson Ndongala licensed under the Unsplash License. Four Women’s World Cup trophies, four Olympic gold medals, nine CONCACAF Championship and Gold Cups, six SheBelieves Cups. The list of ...

Imagine sitting in an audience in a theatre, waiting for a musical to start. The lights go up and a cheerful song starts playing. Actors cluster onto the stage, and you notice something rather unusual ...