Irreverent, cynical, and surprisingly erudite, Chas Smith tells us time and time again that he hates being a surf journalist and despise the surfing industry....

Are robots going to be our overlords? No, we can make them our friends...

Prior to the abolition of slavery, thousands of African-descended people in the Americas lived in freedom...

Lieber and Press tackle the central puzzle of the nuclear age: the persistence of intense geopolitical competition in the shadow of nuclear weapons...

Hate crimes. Misinformation and conspiracy theories. Foiled white-supremacist plots. The signs of growing far-right extremism are all around us...

Could America break up? Should it?

How do we promote peace in the streets?

The mainstream American news media are not really free at all, but have been pressed into service over more than a century to generate profits for a few rich owners bent on selling eyeballs and ears to advertisers...

Rippon presents the latest evidence which finally proves that brains are like mosaics comprised of both male and female components, and that they remain plastic, adapting throughout the course of a person’s life...

When Judith G. Coffin discovered a virtually unexplored treasure trove of letters to Simone de Beauvoir from Beauvoir's international readers, it inspired Coffin to explore the intimate bond between the famed author and her reading public...

You've written a book. Now you need a publisher. William Germano has some advice....

Ever feel like you are turning into your mother or father? There's a reason for that...

In the last 20 years, the world has become a much messier place . Why is that?

What is "Left" foreign policy? Michael Walzer explains...

Martin Heidegger was member of the Nazi Party. What does that mean for his thought?

According to Paul Howe, we're all teenagers now....

80-90% of African Americans are Democrats. Why is that? The answers are surprising...

Can the Left win elections? Yes, says Ian Haney López...

Joel Miller was a roadie for big rock bands. He has some good stories...

In the mid-1870s, the experimental therapy of lamb blood transfusion spread like an epidemic across Europe and the USA...

All untruth is either bullshit or lies. Not so, says Chris Heffer. There are others...

Britain has left the EU. Why? Stephen Wall explains...

The American criminal justice system is not very fair. What to do?

What is genius? Well, it's a 'right place, right time' kinda thing...

How did life begin? Jeremy England has a convincing theory...