Analysis

President Biden is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport, Wednesday in Tel Aviv.

Biden is embracing Israel. So far, he doesn't have much to show for it politically

5:00am October 19, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

President Biden has shown strong support for Israel in the wake of a deadly attack by Hamas, even traveling to the region. But it isn't making political waves in a deeply divided America.

A view shows an area of Al Ahli Arab Hospital where hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast. The blast area was relatively small but occurred in a courtyard packed with Palestinian civilians.

Here's the available evidence of what happened at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza

3:18pm October 18, 2023

Videos and photos provide some clues, but much remains unknown about the horrific explosion at the site.

The investigation into the murder of Tupac Shakur (on stage here in 1994) has long evaded closure. But in the last month, an arrest in connection with his shooting on Sept. 7, 1996, has brought the case back into the spotlight.

Music & Culture

Can the Tupac Shakur murder trial salvage any justice from a 27-year-old case?

3:53pm October 17, 2023

by Sheldon Pearce

The arrest of Duane Davis in the 1996 shooting of the rapper in Las Vegas is a huge development in a case that has evaded closure, as competing narratives and mythologies have emerged in its place.

People walk past a decorative installation for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on Sunday in Beijing.

World News

As China's Belt and Road project turns 10, it's about more than just development

11:50am October 17, 2023

by John Ruwitch

China's global infrastructure initiative has always been controversial. As Xi Jinping's signature project turns 10, leaders and representatives of 130 countries are in Beijing to mark the anniversary.

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Israeli troop reinforcements take position at the border with Gaza in southern Israel on Monday. Social media and messaging apps have been flooded with false and out of context images since fighting started this weekend.

Video game clips and old videos are flooding social media about Israel and Gaza

1:28pm October 10, 2023

by Shannon Bond

"This is propaganda 101. You flood the gap, especially in those early hours, with content that suggests a certain narrative," said one observer.

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Kevin McCarthy of Calif., then the newly elected speaker of the House, picks up the gavel as he begins to speak in the House chamber on Jan. 7.

Politics & Government

McCarthy's fall marks new low in the speakership's declining status

5:00am October 07, 2023

by Ron Elving

The status of the speakership has been declining for years. McCarthy's ouster is an extreme example in a sequence of events that have made the speaker more vulnerable — and thus weaker.

Student loans for parents can be a debt trap. But there's a loophole

5:00am October 04, 2023

by Cory Turner

Until July 2025, parent PLUS borrowers can paperwork their way into a kinder, gentler repayment plan.

People hold flags during a Sikh rally outside the Indian Consulate in Toronto to raise awareness in the wake of the Canadian prime minister's comments alleging Indian government agents were potentially involved in the June killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia, on Monday.

World News

Why India's warnings about Sikh separatism don't get much traction in the West

7:40am September 28, 2023

by Michael Kugelman

The current India-Canada crisis has exposed a sharp disconnect between India and the West on the issue of Sikh separatism. Michael Kugelman of the Wilson Center's South Asia Institute explains why.

A Spelman College graduate waves during the school's 2023 commencement ceremony on May 21. Recent college graduates are due to make their first student loan payments in the coming weeks.

How new borrowers can prepare for their first student loan payment

10:47am September 26, 2023

When student loan bills begin coming due in October, new borrowers will take their first steps on the long road to paying off their debt. These tools and tips can help ease the journey.

With all of this condemnation swirling, it's worth wondering what about enduring monuments like the Rock Hall keeps stirring people up.

Music & Culture

Jann Wenner's Rock Hall is crumbling — is it worth fixing?

6:30pm September 23, 2023

by Sheldon Pearce

Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner was removed from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's board after sexist and racist comments. But he is, and always has been, an avatar for an exclusionary framework.