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Dutch astronomer and council communist Anton Pannekoek saw the stars through both a telescope and a political lens—his drawings of the Milky Way reveal how perception, experience, and ideology shape our view of the cosmos.
By: Lauren Collee
The United States today faces inherent challenges that have weakened the republic, making lessons from the Roman Republic even more necessary to avoid greater political instability.
By: John P. Ruehl
The future of warfare may be decided by AI, but will humans have a role to play?
The growing emergence of diseases from animals suggests that we need to rethink our reliance on animals as a food source.
By: Vicky Bond
As a rapidly warming world strains at the shortcomings in industrial farming, key lessons can be taken from Indigenous practices.
By: Dan Ross
Factory farming has devastating environmental impacts, but there are ways we can protect our vital resources.
By: Vicky Bond
Free-roaming cats are an invasive species and one of the most significant sources of human-caused bird mortality.
By: Reynard Loki
Sankofa Village Arkansas is building an “intentional community centering Black healing, liberation, and regeneration.”
By: Damon Orion
In Georgian Britain, Edward Jenner’s smallpox vaccine sparked panic over “beastly” side effects, exposing how new science can collide with old beliefs.
By: Erica X Eisen
