The Middle East peace process–which has fitfully started and stopped, though mostly stalled, since the mid-1970s–is an enterprise largely conducted by diplomats intent on gaining an upper hand. But what would the dialogue sound like if the people negotiating where...
The Middle East peace process–which has fitfully started and stopped, though mostly stalled, since the mid-1970s–is an enterprise largely conducted by diplomats intent on gaining an upper hand. But what would the dialogue sound like if the people...
Every September, Arlington celebrates itself with Town Day. This year was no different, and Wide Angle took the opportunity to meet with leaders from four local organizations that aim to support members of the Arlington community and beyond: the Housing Corporation of...
Most of us consider homelessness a social, or perhaps an economic problem. But a medical condition? Hawaii’s Senate Bill 2 (SB2) seeks to classify chronic homelessness as a medical condition, and empower doctors to write a prescription for housing. Joining host Peter...
Does a democracy have a vested interest in ensuring that none of its citizens live in poverty? That a permanent underclass not form? Would not a people free from worry about food and rent, for instance, be more available to the work of remaining informed and...
Part 2 of the interview. Home. The idea no doubt resonates differently for each one of us. But it’s common theme is stability: a place to start from every morning, and return to every evening. A place to recharge and create a plan–a vision for the future we hope...
In ancient Greece and Rome, cultures from which our own borrowed heavily, homosexuality was a fixture. The Talmud refers to six different sexes, not just the two many note today. Still other societies regard variations in gender expression as commonplace. Yet we in...
Some two hundred years ago, philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer wrote presciently, “All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Which begs the question: what truths of...
From its inception, our media has offered both promise and peril. In this encore presentation, Peter joins two previously separate interviews on this common theme: – In the first half, Penn communications professor Victor Pickard illuminates a period in our...