On a Monday evening last May, Danielle S. Allen, a political theorist at Harvard, strode into the university’s Faculty Club wearing sneakers and a bright orange blazer. The occa ...

The great German philosopher both robustly defended the public sphere—and for seven decades never stopped participating in it ...

Winston Churchill noted “it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” ...

Ali Larijani, a senior Iranian official and adviser to the supreme leader, played a central role in suppressing widespread ...

The conservative commentator argues that the U.S. Constitution reflects St. Thomas Aquinas’ ‘mixed regime’ and a broader ...

With his death at 96, Jürgen Habermas, a titan of postwar political philosophy leaves behind a world that seems to be dismantling everything he defended, both as a scholar and as an engaged public ...

James McTeigue looks back on V for Vendetta at 20, from its politics and casting to the Guy Fawkes mask’s enduring cultural impact.

Kristi Noem had a long history of missteps, scandals, and idiotic moments before Donald Trump tapped her to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

Philosophy professor Aladdin Yaqub conducts research, is an author and teachers philosophy through questioning ideologies.

The Greek philosopher Plato proposed gender equality, arguing women could participate in political and military life in his Republic.

Among the many things that remain of the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, who died on 14 March 2026, are two things: firstly, that the crisis of capitalism – a word the social-democratic master ...

Jüergen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world's most influential ...