The 21st century is no longer new. As preposterous as it sounds, 2040 is now closer on the calendar than the year 2000. For two decades, we have been living...
60 years ago this month, in the early hours of August 13, construction crews, Volkspolizei (“People’s Police”), and members of the Volksarmee (“National People’s Army”), began cordoning off parts of East Berlin,...
We can all agree that the U.S.’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic was mismanaged in more ways than one. But it’s not an exaggeration to say that public health officials...
Each week, we’ll be featuring opinion pieces from the alumni and current participants of AF’s Writing Fellows Program. A few highlights from the past week are below. Do you dream...
Our country has reached yet another fork in the road of fundamental disunity and cultural collision. Debates are raging over America’s history, its future, and its fundamental ideals. This is...
Apparently the U.S. has replaced ground troops with airstrikes in Afghanistan. The military claims these strikes are supporting the Afghan government’s fight against the Taliban. But as the apparent “end...
