Abolition” isn’t just a fun word to say. “I want to abolish prisons,” doesn’t just mean that you think there are too many prisons and they are too horrible. “Abolish the police” isn’t just a hip way to say “I’m…

America’s democracy is under threat from a velvet-glove authoritarianism. Citizens must act now—beyond the ballot box—to defend freedom and accountability. For generations, Americans have been taught that the United States is the world’s beacon of democracy. Politicians across the spectrum…

By Genevieve Balance Kupang Election at WURI Global Conference 2025 Brings Together Leaders to Transform University Rankings and Educational Impact  BUSAN, Korea – The World University Network of Innovation for Leaders (WUNI-L) elected its 2025-2026 Executive Officers during the World…

It’s ironic that the arms control community is protesting the idea of resuming nuclear test detonations. The nuclear test detonations have never stopped. Although Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996, he swiftly funded the “Stockpile…

Canadian university students follow European students and declare strike in support of Palestine. Seven student associations at Concordina vote in favour of striking for divestment, more to vote this week Seven Concordia University student associations representing over 6,800 students have…

Israeli draft refusers Roman Levin and Itamar Greenberg are still arrested with another comrade for their protest two days ago on the Gaza border and their attempt to break the siege. Mesarvot Network: ״Itamar and Roman, together with dozens of…

A recent India Today commentary (September 2025) alarmingly depicts Chittagong Port as a threat, transforming a commercial port into a chessboard of global power and endangering Northeast India. It warns that every multinational exercise or visit to Bangladesh is a…

“There is no ocean without an owner, no ice without a price. The melting opens routes, but also claims that are worth more than oil.” The Northern Sea Route (NSR), also known as the Northeast Passage, is a shipping route…

I’ve long been of the opinion that our modern, generally secularized Western civilization, despite our collective rejection of the traditional religious forms of human conduits to the sacred/profound realms (priests, rabbis, swamis, etc.) has, without realizing it, redirected a deep…

The opening scene says it all: Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, struts at the port of Ashdod before the international activists recently abducted in international waters. He forces them to sit on the ground, calls them “terrorists” before the…