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Friday Poem: Things That Collapse

by Jonathan Harris at the Rattle: Slumped in a lawn chair under a pink umbrella…

The Hidden History of Those Who Wrote the Christian Story

Candida Moss in Time: It is an unlikely success story. A first century religious leader named…

Your Nationality May Influence How Much You Talk With Your Hands

Brian Owens in New Scientist: People of different nationalities appear to vary in their use of…

Welcome to Pakistan: Democracy’s Decay: The Senate’s Descent Into Deception

by Rabia Azfar Nizami in The Express Tribune: The democratic structure of governance rooted in…

The Problematic Past, Present, and Future of Inequality Studies

Branko Milanović’s century-spanning intellectual history of inequality in economic theory reveals the ideological reasons behind…

Anyone Advocating Neoliberal Policies is Now Persona Non Grata in Washington, D.C.

Post-neoliberals are having a moment. If it continues for too long, the result could be…

Empire of the Ants: What Insect Supercolonies Can Teach Us

John Whitfield in The Guardian: It is a familiar story: a small group of animals…

Wednesday Poem: The Sum of Life

Nothing to do but work,…. Nothing to eat but food,Nothing to wear but clothes…. To…

Ibn Khaldun on a Failed Nation–Seven Hundred Years Ago

“A defeated nation always admires the conqueror, imitating his dress and adopting the signs of…

Countering Growing Authoritarianism Requires a Robust Civil Society, Media & Academia

by Margee Ensign at IPS: (C)ountering growing authoritarianism requires a bigger, more interconnected ecosystem of…

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023 Joumana Khatib at The New York Times:…

Human Artificial Chromosomes Could Ferry Tons More DNA Cargo Into Cells

by Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: The human genetic blueprint is deceptively simple. Our genes…