Have you ever heard of “biblical economics”? At first blush, you might presume that the phrase must involve the application of love-thy-neighbor moral teachings to business practices and economic policy. There is indeed a long and varied tradition of applying various principles associated with Christianity to matters of economic concern. Some American Protestants of the late nineteenth century,…

Up north, Wisconsin Democrats increased their state Supreme Court majority to 5–2 and won a mayoral race in the typically Republican city of Waukesha.

Down south, a Georgia Democrat narrowly lost a house district Donald Trump carried by 34 points in 2024.

In all, Tuesday was an election night that bodes well for Democrats come midterm season.

In Wisconsin—a swing state that Trump won by less…

Tuesday’s Danish election punished the Social Democrats as well as their center-right government partners. The result again showed voters’ distaste for managerial coalitions spanning the neoliberal center ground.

At the election, the Frederiksen government was sharply rejected at the polls.(Nichlas Pollier / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Denmark is not known for politically active…

The Trump administration has spent around $24 billion in public funds on its war against Iran so far. Here’s what that money might have been used for instead.

The $24 billion that the US has spent bombing Iran could have been spent on any number of useful programs instead, from public broadcasting to paid leave to making the child tax credit permanent. (Getty Images)

In the first six…

As the US-Israeli war machine embarks on a new adventure in Iran, it’s worth examining one of the key states facilitating this aggression. The United Arab Emirates has pioneered a militarized corporation-state at the center of our international disorder.

As explosions light up Middle Eastern skies, the UAE’s military fortunes remain grafted onto the American war machine. When the…

Implementation of the White House’s return-to-office directive will be aided by the tech firm Palantir. It remains unclear why a spy-tech company should be tasked with things like “employee seat assignments.”

The dark wizard Saruman consults a palantír in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. The surveillance software firm Palantir took its name from J. R. R. Tolkien’s “seeing stones.”…

Senegal’s bilingual education reforms challenge the dominance of French—but foreign aid dependence and internal linguistic politics complicate the path to decolonizing the classroom.

Early Education in Senegal. Original public domain image from Flickr

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Since its independence in 1960, Senegal has retained a public education system modeled after the French system.…

Les réformes de l’éducation bilingue au Sénégal contestent la domination du français, mais la dépendance à l’aide étrangère et les rivalités linguistiques internes compliquent la décolonisation de l’école.

L’alphabet wolof dans une classe de CP au Sénégal. Image reproduite avec l’aimable autorisation de Gaya Morris © 2025.

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Depuis l’indépendance en 1960, le…