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America Is Measuring Its Economy Wrong

Headline indicators like GDP and unemployment mask widespread financial insecurity, presenting a healthy economy while ignoring housing burdens, debt, and underemployment. Millions of fully employed Americans remain one missed paycheck... Read full article

Abhinav Jagtap - October 12, 2026

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Outside the Box
Teaching AI to Ask Before It Answers
by Peter Isackson
World News
The Empire Comes Home: Colonial Legacies and Global Migration
by Anvita Tripathi
Economics and Finance
Cyborg Manifesto: Bodies, Data and Power in the Age of AI
by Muzammil Ahad Dar
World News
AI is Breaking the European Order and May Destroy More
by M.Sc. Silvie Erkomaishvili Leštinská

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The Fall of the Ottoman Empire

by Kayra Altan & Lee Thompson-Kolar

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FIFA World Cup: The Greatest Show on Earth

by Atul Singh, Abul-Hasanat Siddique, Samantha Mendiguren

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The Rise of the Ottoman Empire

by Kayra Altan & Lee Thompson-Kolar

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Football and Politics: An Old Love Affair

by Ellis Cashmore

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Mediaphobia — A Timeline of Panic

by Ellis Cashmore

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The Indian Subcontinent’s Hindu–Muslim Divide

by Pocket Dynamo, Atul Singh & Ishtiaq Ahmed

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How Many Divisions Has Leo?

Europe’s leaders, weakened at home and short of funds, see war as the key to their own survival. Against this,...

Which Side Are You On? (And Why That’s the Wrong Question)

The media manufacture false binaries — demanding audiences pick a “side” rather than investigate causes —...

The Faustian Bargain: Why Germany’s Political Establishment Is Panicking

The Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) election victory in Saxony-Anhalt reflects widespread voter discontent, not a sudden...

God and the Bolsonaros in the Land of Dirty Money

It was recently revealed that the Jair Bolsonaro biopic Dark...

by Luiz Cesar Pimentel

Trump, Nietzsche and the Art of Mistrust

by Ellis Cashmore

Militarizing the Final Frontier — How Space Became the New Battleground

by Joanna Rozpedowski

Empowering the Lost “Guest Workers” of Kerala the Right Way

by Rohit Mani Tiwari

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FO Podcasts: Canada’s Untold Role in Modern Conflicts

In this episode of FO Podcasts, Ranjani Iyer Mohanty and Muhannad Ayyash examine Canadian policy toward the Israel–Palestinian conflict through a settler colonial lens. Ayyash argues that colonial foundations and strategic interests undermine Canada’s humanitarian self-image. He calls for sustained public pressure to defend Palestinian...

by Muhannad Ayyash & Ranjani Iyer Mohanty

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