Meet the 19th century reformer Kang Youwei who inspired the founder of modern-day China.

Born in a small village in Guangdong in 1873, Liáng Qǐchāo 梁启超 would go on to become one of the great polymaths of the early 20th century. In China’s great race to the 21st century, Liang was the man ...

The legacy of the late Qing era intellectual, once exiled in Japan, is overlooked in the West. A new collection of his essays shows a revolutionary spirit that is still alive in dissidents abroad toda...

In 1901, at the age of forty, the writer Rabindranath Tagore founded a small school at Santiniketan, in a rural part of Bengal about a hundred miles north

An immediate UN Security Council vote to grant Palestine permanent membership in the UN next month would put an end to Israel’s zealous delusions of permanent control over Palestine. It cannot happen ...

Occupy Wall Street rose because there was a wide sense of outrage not because people didn't realise but because there was a fundamental injustice in the way the bailout was done.

Historian and podcaster Adam Tooze says we are at a turning point in history - as the Trump administration upends decades of assumptions on geopolitics, trade and the economy. Coinciding with the dawn...

Although better known today as a reformer and activist, Liang also composed the first work of Chinese sci-fi.

Read the full transcript of Judging Freedom LIVE from the Ron Paul - Blueprint for Peace Conference in Washington DC on August 16, 2025 with Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Col Douglas Macgregor, Max Blumenthal,...

Reflecting on his decades-long career, the historian considers what his field of study owes to the public.

New York's Democratic mayoral nominee shares his views on the city's affordability crisis, the new media landscape—and how Democrats need to stand up for what they believe.

The great threat to Israel’s survival is not the Arab nations, the Palestinians, or Iran, but the policies of Israel’s extremist government.

The United States must recognize that its own strategic interests require a decisive break from partnering in Israel’s destructive strategy.

The power of spirit is part of the revolutionary discourse of voluntarism. It is the ardent belief that subjective factors constitute a military capability and power and could propel the fighting army...

Austerity is a choice. The protection of the family at the expense of other ways of living is a choice. The transfer of...

Read the full transcript of political scientist Prof. John Mearsheimer’s interview on Judging Freedom Podcast with Judge Napolitano on “A Brief History of Israel”, August 7, 2025. The Origins of the Z...

Read the full transcript of world renowned economist and public policy analyst Professor Jeffrey Sachs in conversation with Norwegian academic, writer and politician Prof. Glenn Diesen on “Trump-Putin...

Read the full transcript of host Pascal Lottaz of Neutrality Studies in conversation with guests: economist and public policy analyst Professor Jeffrey Sachs and international relations analyst Lasha ...

‘Monuments of stupidity’ – a tour of the high-rises of Hudson Yards in Manhattan with the Marxist geographer David Harvey

Read the full transcript of world‑renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs’ interview on Mint English Podcasts with Abhishek Singh, Deputy Editor at Mint on “Trump’s Tariffs & Geopolitics”, premiered on Augus...

Read the full transcript of economist and public policy analyst Jeffrey Sachs’ interview on India & Global Left Podcast on “US–Russia Talks, China-Taiwan future, BRICS Rise & Palestine's future”, prem...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz visited Colombia and spoke with journalist Juanita León about inequality, the neoliberal model, and tax reform.

Read the full transcript of Chinese scholar Victor Gao’s interview on India & Global Left Podcast with host Jyotishman Mudiar on “How China Is Shaping the World Amid U.S. Containment & Global Crises”,...

Elizabeth Anderson, the Max Shaye Professor of Public Philosophy at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, delivers her lecture “Reconsidering the Protestant Work Ethic” as part of the Week Five Interfait...

Read the full transcript of American economist and public policy analyst Prof. Jeffrey Sachs in conversation with Judge Napolitano of Judging Freedom podcast on “Trump's Dangerous Moves”, August 4, 20...

In the first issue of The Drift, we kicked off our interview series with Wendy Brown, one of the foremost political theorists in the United States.

Reflections on Authoritarian Times Trump’s win surprised few political realists. What has taken nearly everyone by surprise is the rapid rollout of chaotic authoritarian governing facilitated by a de...

As Palestinians face dire starvation caused by the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip, at least 181 Palestinians, including 94 children, have now died from hunger-related causes in Gaza. At the same t...

Rashid Khalidi, the renowned Edward Said professor emeritus of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, says he is withdrawing from teaching his fall course after the school has agreed to pay a $20...

More than 3,000 Boeing defense workers go on strike.

Read the full transcript of world-renowned economics professor and public policy analyst Prof. Jeffrey Sachs in conversation with Norwegian writer and political activist Prof. Glenn Diesen on “Death o...

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

"Much of what we're talking about is really trying to figure out the structures that would allow journalists to be journalists."

Victor Pickard, professor of media policy at the University of Pennsylvania, examines corporate media’s surrender to Donald Trump and the urgent reforms needed to support journalism and democracy over...

David Elliot Berman and Victor Pickard say we must assert greater public oversight, control, and—ultimately—ownership of the internet.