Chris Hedges: The Empire Does Not Forgive August 30, 2021 The mandarins who oversee our collective suicide, despite repeated failure, doggedly insist the U.S. can reshape the world in its own image. Read more →
COVID-19: How 3 Prior Pandemics Triggered Massive Societal Shifts October 9, 2020 Andrew Latham begins with the Antonine and Cyprian twin plagues, which ravaged the Roman Empire and gave rise to Christianity. Read more →
What We Can Learn from the Romans about Ignoring Climate Change December 9, 2019 Even if history does not come packaged in moral lessons, it can deepen our sense of what it means to be human and how fragile our societies are, writes Kyle Harper. Read more →