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The NFL Gives Meaning to Its Games

Bad Bunny has dominated headlines following his halftime performance at this year’s Super Bowl. Credit where it is due: he delivered what many expected—an unapologetic expression of cultural diversity, historical memory, and solidarity with Latino communities and other marginalized and discriminated…

Bad Bunny, Good Neighbor 

For thirteen minutes on the most-watched stage in American culture, Bad Bunny made the United States feel expansive, uncontained, Caribbean rhythm–centered, and alive with a sense of belonging that crossed borders without asking permission. As a Venezuelan-American, I felt chills…

The City at the Heart of Darkness (Part 1)

Establishment Pundits Call for a Return to “Reasonableness”  Over the course of the last 5 to 10 years there have been an array of celebrity pundits, journalists and politically oriented personalities speaking about a collective need to return to “sanity”…

Meeting on the Topic of Beliefs and Prejudices in Prague

On Friday, February 6, 2026, another in a series of evenings inspired by documentaries from the FICNOVA International Film Festival of Active Nonviolence took place in Prague. The festival was launched last year in Prague as part of the third…

Zohran Mamdani signs executive order to protect New York immigrants from ICE

On Friday, February 6, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order—the thirteenth since taking office—to protect New York’s immigrants from the Trump administration’s abuses. New York is a so-called “sanctuary city,” which limits cooperation with ICE and…

Protest banners on California freeways

Several years ago, I read an interesting article about a place where urban planning had favored the periphery over the center; this concept gave rise to modern network cities, a system of nodes where each becomes a center. The idea…

How the U.S. Weaponizes Starvation and Aid in Gaza & Cuba

Last week, the US government announced it would be sending $6 million in aid to Cuba, on top of the $3 million it sent in January after Hurricane Melissa. This aid package might appear contrary to the significant escalation of…

Tension Rises as Bangladesh is Set to Sign a Confidential Tariff Pact with the US Days Ahead of Polls

by Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh’s interim government is poised to sign a tariff agreement with the United States on 9 February(Monday), just two days before the country’s 13th national parliamentary election. The move has sparked unease among business…

In Italy, the Fourth World March for Peace and Nonviolence starts in Cecina

Building together a path for our cities On February 7 and 8, 2026, Cecina, in the province of Livorno,  will host the National Coordination of organizations involved in the construction of the Fourth World March for Peace and Nonviolence, an…

The Democrats Need A Concrete Governing Agenda

Since Trump reassumed the presidency, the rank and file of the Democrats have been busy criticizing, for good reason, Trump’s unhinged exercise of power. Given Trump’s onslaught on just about every norm of America’s political, cultural, and economic way of…

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