Robert F. Barsky

Noam Chomsky has lectured and debated in many forums on numerous topics throughout his long career. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Noam Chomsky at 96: The linguist, educator, philosopher and public thinker has had a massive intellectual and moral influence

Noam Chomsky’s notion of the human instinct for freedom ties together his many intellectual pursuits, from educating creative, independent citizens to rejecting social and economic hierarchies.
Un miembro de las Fuerzas de Defensa Territorial de Ucrania abraza a un residente que sale de su pueblo tras un bombardeo de artillería rusa en Irpin, en las afueras de Kiev, Ucrania, el 9 de marzo de 2022. AP Photo/Oleksandr Ratushniak

Lo que cuenta la literatura clásica sobre los refugiados que huyen de la guerra

La literatura clásica está llena de temas que hablan de la experiencia de los refugiados en la actualidad, desde el Éxodo hasta ‘Las uvas de la ira’.
A Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces member hugs a resident leaving his hometown following Russian artillery shelling in Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. AP Photo/Oleksandr Ratushniak

What classic literature knows about refugees fleeing persecution and war

Classic literature is full of themes that speak to refugees’ experience today, from the Book of Exodus to ‘The Grapes of Wrath.’

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