On the evening of December 17, 1989, millions of Americans settled into their living rooms expecting nothing more than another quiet Sunday night of television. Families flipped through channels, children sprawled across carpets, and parents half-watched the screen while thinking about the workweek ahead. Few could have imagined that what aired that night would not …
The year 2010 quietly closed one chapter of Middle Eastern history and violently opened another. What began as scattered frustrations over unemployment, corruption, and rising prices soon erupted into one of the most consequential political movements of the twenty-first century. The Arab Spring did not start in a palace or a parliament, nor was it …
For thousands of years, humans looked to the sky with a mixture of wonder and envy. Birds soared effortlessly overhead while people remained bound to the ground, dreaming of flight but unable to escape gravity’s grip. Myths told stories of wings made from wax and feathers, of gods and heroes who could defy nature, yet …
