Sharing anecdotes is not misinformation, but it can produce miscalibration, making to harder to make sense of the facts, writes Catherine De Soto.

Remember during COVID, when the people screaming the loudest for government-mandated jabs were the very same people chanting ...

For 100 years, Ireland’s Abbey Theatre has shown that a publicly funded troupe can deliver cultural riches and hard truths.

In practice, most of our experiences of shared realities are not involved in truth. Think of myths, neighbourly feeling, or ...

After World War II, the United States and its allies occupied West Germany and helped its post-Nazi leaders build a successful democracy out of the ruins of fascism.

After World War II, the United States and its allies occupied West Germany and helped its post-Nazi leaders build a successful democracy out of the ruins of fascism. What a difference 80 years makes.

A narrow definition such as income inequality does not capture the vast disparities in power that define our society.

The growing digitization and internationalization of social interactions, together with the concentration of meaning generating institutions (media, social ...

University of Pennsylvania media scholar Victor Pickard says that a robust system of public-funded media is essential for America democracy.

Ariel Procaccia is the Alfred and Rebecca Lin Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). His work combines mathematics, computer ...

The White House presses Germany to include the neofascist, antisemitic AfD party in government, while encouraging extremist parties across Europe.