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Prize and prejudice: Colonialism in the World Cup

ColumnsRuby Goodwin -
Over the past month, teams from around the globe have tested their mettle in exciting World Cup matches. Unfortunately, some fans have one...

Simone Weil and AI: The lesson before the answer 

ColumnsJacqueline Lee -
Simone Weil, a 20th-century French philosopher, treated attention as a moral discipline that teaches people to encounter the world with humility. With the...

Why Camus lingers

ColumnsJacqueline Lee -
Albert Camus will often enter students’ lives incidentally through a classroom text or a casual recommendation.  Camus speaks to a stage of life when...

Performed depth: The cost of trying to be interesting 

ColumnsJacqueline Lee -
In 2026, when everyone wants to be interesting, far fewer people are actually interested in something. That difference reveals a deeper problem in contemporary...

Movies aren’t billion dollar lottery tickets

A&EOpinion Writer -
Hollywood has a multi-billion dollar problem: budget control. Over the past few years, there has been an influx of disappointing entertainment that is upsetting...

Book bans are a fight over the future

ColumnsJacqueline Lee -
Discussions of childhood are a battleground in American politics. Every fight over a child is a fight over the future. In legislative debates,...

The American Dream in 2026

ColumnsJacqueline Lee -
Historian James Truslow Adams coined the term “American Dream” during the Great Depression to describe the possibility of a better life available to...

Feed-ing into propaganda: The effects of memetic warfare

ColumnsOpinion Writer -
The face of propaganda shifts as times change, and governments have always manipulated the media to achieve their own goals. During World War...

A test for America’s 250th birthday

ColumnsJulia Kremenetsky -
The United States officially turned 250 years old on July 4, 2026. For many, this is a milestone worth celebrating. Others may consider...

Conspiracy’s role in alienation

ColumnsRuby Goodwin -
One of the White House’s newest website pages appears to confirm a long-standing conspiracy theory: aliens live among us. With typewriter-esque text reading...

Hantavirus and the value of public trust

ColumnsRuby Goodwin -
Editor’s note: The article was originally published on June 5, 2026. An editor’s note was added July 10, 2026. An author title was...

Tax incentives are working for California’s film industry

ColumnsOpinion Writer -
California’s film and television industry has struggled mightily over the past five years. COVID-19 forced the world to stay home and away from...
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