Books & the Arts / June 9, 2025 Free From What? Quentin Skinner and the contested 
history of liberty What Is Freedom For?

The conventional explanations for America’s failure to stabilize Afghanistan provide little help for future policymaking.

Mohammad Ali Jinnah, a politician who headed up India’s Muslim League, began demanding a separate nation for India’s ... insurgency. Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect ...

Always historicize”, advised Fredric Jameson, the great American literary theorist, philosopher and historian of human consciousness. It was his polite way of insisting that there are no human ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Mounsef Bakrar and Hannes Wolf each scored a second-half goal to help New York City FC beat the short-handed Chicago Fire 3-1 on Sunday.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany may reinstate compulsory military service if a revamped volunteer system fails to meet recruitment goals, the defense minister said in comments published Saturday. In an ...

WASHINGTON — Oklahoma will not be able to launch the nation's first religious public charter school after the Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 Thursday in a major case on the separation of church ...

LONDON (AP) — Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi won the International Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday for “Heart Lamp,” a collection of 12 short stories written over a ...

LONDON (AP) — Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi won the International Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday for “Heart Lamp,” a collection of 12 short stories written over a period of ...

The head of Columbia University alluded to the detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil during a commencement speech Wednesday that drew loud boos and chants of “free Palestine” from ...

Show secretaries work hard alongside their fellow community members to ensure smooth shows for all. With that in mind, the secretary at your next show should be your best friend! Here’s a primer on ...