“Nothing on social media is real” – this idea has been repeated to us throughout our lives. The reality of this statement became jarringly clear to me recently. During my TikTok doomscroll before bed, ...

It is Slavoj Žižek who I have to thank for much of my interest in philosophy — and perhaps most of my intellectual outputs. A chance encounter with his books “Living in the End Times” and “The ...

Did you know that France is the second largest market for rap albums in the world? In fact, some French artists sell more units than their American counterparts. However, Americans know hardly ...

Swarthmore College is overwhelmingly liberal and regarded to be a politically active campus. Placed on a hill and considerably wealthier than the average population, the college can be considered ...

Ilona Maher, a central player in the U.S. Women’s Rugby Sevens team, has represented her country in two Olympic Games: first at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and again the 2024 Paris Olympics. But Maher has ...

As students at Swarthmore College, we had become accustomed to hearing about the college’s “ongoing responsibility for community care,” “commitment to social responsibility,” and care for “peace and ...

Below is an abbreviated summary of the four-day encampment on Trotter Lawn, which ended in arrests by law enforcement Saturday morning. The events described below, as well as their lead-up and ...

Editor’s note: For this regular column, we email the entire Swarthmore faculty asking the listed question by Saturday morning. We publish every contribution that we have received as of publication on ...

The most generous way I can describe the entire event with Karine Jean-Pierre, including her initial discussion and subsequent Q&A, is extremely bizarre. In fact, her overall message seemed like less ...

When people left theaters in 2004 after viewing The Polar Express, people left with a feeling of discomfort. Personally, I left scared. I was so scared that I could not bring myself to watch it again ...

I am already falling behind. I am 100 days into college and I have more freedom than I ever have. They say that eighteen is the pinnacle of youth, but I have yet to feel the cosmic shift and teenage ...

World-renowned activist and scholar Angela Davis spoke with esteemed philosopher Lucius Outlaw, Jr. at Swarthmore College on Wednesday, Nov. 20, discussing a range of topics including academic ...