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"Arms control and disarmament negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union served the international interests of both as well as the entire global community.  These interests included the placement of limits on the number of nuclear weapons (Strategic Arms Control Talks); limits on defensive systems that allowed the reduction of offensive weapons (Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty); limits on the proliferation of nuclear powers (Non-proliferation Treaty); the destruction of an entire class of nuclear weapons (Intermediate Nuclear Forces Agreement); the creation of confidence-building measures; and even the initiation of detente between Washington and Moscow.   More"

"Naming is ownership. Alas, language can easily be manipulated. Nuance and context are often missing. Is it the Falklands or the Maldives, Taiwan or Chinese Taipei, Derry or Londonderry? Typically, the answer lies on which side of a border one lives, supercharged by national pride. Lake Ontario was named from the Wendat word “Ontari’io” over four centuries ago, long before the United States or Canada were formed. Indeed, much of our problems with names stem from past colonization. More"

"Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown is a stunningly urgent allegory for the interconnected crises of our modern world, mapping seamlessly onto the machinery of global capitalism, ecological destruction, and state-sanctioned violence. For those of us deeply entrenched in solidarity work for Palestine—navigating the exhausting but necessary cycles of writing research essays, giving academic talks, and joining protest marches against the ongoing genocide in Gaza—experiencing the play is not a momentary escape into myth. Instead, it is a confrontational encounter with a devastatingly familiar reality. More"

"In the days that followed the announcement of Macklemore’s firing, the backlash was stunning. Journalist jumped on the story with reporting that brought to light the details of a rigged system where billionaire owners and managers wield great influence over what performers can say, and what they can’t say on stages around the country. More"

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