Why did a hacktivist collective like Anonymous repurpose the image of Guy Fawkes for its ubiquitous masks? A scholar looks at how a 17th-century English villain became the face of resistance.
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How should we celebrate Christmas during a time when religious extremism inspires terrorist attacks and young people are abandoning the church?
After two more fatal shootings by police of black men this week, we republish one legal scholar’s argument that what needs addressing is the police’s culture of masculinity.
Why there’s a slender – a very slender – chance for working out a settlement at upcoming talks in New York.
Who is most fit to serve as America’s commander-in-chief? Our scholars watched the latest GOP debate to decide.
The movie ‘Spotlight’ might depict heroic journalists in action, but increasingly, the public views reporters with suspicion – primed by the often harsh portrayal of the press in popular culture.
Thomas Jefferson would disagree with Trump’s call to bar one religious group from entering the country. But that’s not to say that Trump’s idea isn’t anything new in American history.
America’s gun violence problem actually is producing policy reform. It’s just that most of this activity is happening on the state level and has received little attention in the national media.
More than 1,000 people have been killed by police in the US this year alone. Unlike the officer who shot Laquan McDonald, few are ever charged.
Donald Trump is Protestant, Bernie Sanders is Jewish and Ted Cruz is a Southern Baptist. But do such religious affiliations mean anything?
Research on background checks for gun purchases suggests there is an increase in gun acquisition a few months after a mass shooting happens.
Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office Sunday night, attempting to steady fears after a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California.
Why is there always a man behind the trigger? And why is it almost always a young man?
In the wake of the tragedy in Las Vegas, a criminologist reviews recent research to dispel common misconceptions about mass shootings.
Many students arrive at college without ever having a non-white teacher. Professors of color can inspire higher order thinking and analysis.
The attacks in Paris are putting refugees in the crosshairs, yet it’s the integration of these and past migrants that are key to the security of Europe.
American police kill 100 times more civilians than Finnish police. Racism and gun control are just part of the problem.
Twenty-three percent of Americans say they are not religiously affiliated. Our core values may be encouraging us to reject organized religion.
Like France, the US faces the possibility that ISIS will attack an American city sooner or later.
Many Western policies that aim to prevent terrorism may actually be causing it.
Compared to 9/11, the recent attacks by ISIS were coordinated, but not costly.
Recent talks in Vienna may help end the Syrian civil war, but diplomacy will not eliminate ISIS.
The French term for ISIS – known as Da'ish or Daesh – has gathered more interest in the wake of the Paris attacks. Here’s why this battle of naming matters.
The answer is complex. But part of it lies in the fact that French society is still uncomfortable with its diversity.
John Kerry and 20 diplomats came together Saturday to seek a way toward peace in Syria. A former Indian ambassador to Syria believes good progress was made.