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America has spent the better part of this year planning a celebration for 250 years of freedom. But for Black America, the alleged anniversary feels less like a celebration and more like a reminder that the script has rarely changed. The costumes evolve. The language becomes more palatable. The policies become more sophisticated. Yet the […]

Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical on artificial intelligence, Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”), calls on political leaders to develop policies that address the most dramatic effects of AI on human life.  But at its heart, it is a deeper reflection on what it means to be human at a time when artificial systems can imitate human […]

In war, the first thing to collapse is the sense that the body still matters. In the frozen brutality of the Korean War, Father Emil Kapaun moved through artillery fire and collapsing lines not as a strategist but as a priest who refused abandonment as an option. He carried the wounded across broken ground, gave […]

I recently read Simone Van Taylor’s article, As an AI Practitioner, I Don’t Need a Moral Agent, I Need a Tool. Her argument raises an important point. While technology companies increasingly present artificial intelligence as an autonomous entity, it is worth remembering that responsibility ultimately remains in human hands. The temptation to attribute agency, morality, […]

June is Men’s Health Month, and this year it brings rare good news about one of the deadliest threats men face. In May, the CDC reported that opioid deaths declined for a third consecutive year in 2025. As an anesthesiologist, I find that progress especially meaningful: men account for roughly 70 percent of opioid overdose deaths and […]

The results of Armenia’s parliamentary election deserve far more attention in Washington, Brussels, and democratic capitals around the world than they are likely to receive. In a vote widely viewed as a referendum on Armenia’s future direction, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party secured a decisive victory over opposition forces that favored closer alignment […]

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 world) excitement across the nation, with dreams of a championship filling the media.  It was expected that as many as 10 million […]

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 ul Aman, and subsequently appeared before court, where she stated that her husband would kill her if she returned. She […]

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, Black families are still catching up. Not just politically or economically but in our bodies. What happened in Galveston was […]

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 a speaker celebrating it. The student was right to notice the contradiction. Students are being told that AI will define […]