Hope for the sake of hope is not hope itself. Some people hope because they cannot bear the alternative. That can end up in ...

Does history repeat itself? Or does it rhyme? WBUR literature writer Katherine Ouellette recommends eight books that remind ...

In a dimly lit room, faded posters of political leaders line the walls, remnants of a time when hope flickered brightly in the hearts of the young. By Austin S. Fallah, contributing writer Colorful ...

First of all, it wasn't even initially part of the Statue of Liberty. The statue was built in the 1870s and 1880s. The poem ...

Joy Priest is a celebrated poet from Kentucky. Her debut collection Horsepower won the Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, and in ...

Alicia Partnoy survived torture and violence as one of thousands of the 'disappeared' during Argentina’s political suppression and government violence in the 1970s. She shares advice with Californians ...

Under the passionate call of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers, the Chinese men's football team is set to engage in an exciting match against Australia at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center.

Poets Safia Elhillo, Jamila Woods and members of the Stanford Spoken Word Collective shared poems both personal and political ...

Jean Stimmell is a retired stone mason and psychotherapist living in Northwood. He blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com and ...

Loyola's Social Justice Week invited poet Shivani Gupta to instruct using the power of the pen to combat injustice.

But one of my contacts there observes that “Europe seems in a really dark place”, describes US disengagement from Europe as inevitable, and doubts that Europe has the willpower to step up on defence ...

For those fighting for their country’s survival, the president’s defiance is prized above his diplomacy. By Jeremy Bowen It was snowing again at the checkpoint on the edge of Kyiv’s heavily protected ...