World Cup windfall is about more than money. It’s about goodwill.
The FIFA World Cup is now in full swing, and it’s living up to its promise. The US Men’s National Team (USMNT) is enjoying success during the Group Stage. This has fueled soccer (better known as football around the…
When the state fails to protect: honour killing and the governance crisis in Pakistan
In April 2026, a young mother from Sukkur Sindh, Gulaan Bharo, came to the police asking protection for herself after her life had been threatened. She went to the police, was taken to a Dar…
Juneteenth, ancestral healing, and the health of Black families
On June 19, 1865, enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas learned they were free. Freedom came two and a half years after the war had ended,delivered at someone else’s convenience. More than 160 years later,…
Stop asking whether students used AI
At several recent college commencements, graduates booed speakers who praised artificial intelligence. One student put the contradiction plainly to the Associated Press: students are discouraged and even penalized for using AI, then asked to applaud…
The AI race runs on Gulf Oil: What the Iran war reveals about tech geopolitics
On March 1st 2026 Iranian drones struck Amazon AWS data centers in UAE and Bahrain. Banking applications went dark, payments failed across the world and Amazon shifted its ongoing workload to other regions of the…
We shouldn't call aging a disease — here's why
Time comes for all of us. No amount of wealth, status, or scientific ambition changes that. Yet a growing movement in medicine wants to classify aging itself as a disease — and eventually cure it….
What happens after the graduation applause?
This June, millions of graduating high school seniors across the country may worry about what they will wear or about not tripping as they walk across the stage, or, if they have a name like…
We were right about literacy. Why did children have to wait?
For years, parents, educators, researchers, and advocates have been sounding the same alarm: too many children were being denied the opportunity to become proficient readers because schools refused to fully embrace what science already knew….
Populist Republicans need to speak softly and carry a big stick – not carry water for union kingpins
So there are some huge pictures of Presidents Trump and Teddy Roosevelt hanging from the Department of Labor building in Washington, DC, right now – recognizing the two presidents who perhaps stood up for the…