By: Maria Varas For centuries, Saint Catherine’s Monastery existed in isolation from the rest of the world in the Sinai Peninsula. Since the Monastery’s 6th-century founding by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, Greek Orthodox monks have congregated to pray at the site where it is said that Moses spoke to God on behalf of the Israelites […]
By: Anne Boniface In October of this year, satellite images of the Darfur region in Sudan captured shocking and horrific images: clusters of deep red stains dotting the city of El-Fasher. Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab confirmed these pools were blood, evidence of the mass killings carried out in mere hours by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In […]
By: Spencer Robinson In recent years, professional sports have entered a new phase that few observers fully anticipated: the convergence of billion-dollar private-equity firms and storied franchises that once seemed immune to the rhythms of high finance. The arrival of institutional capital marks a turning point in the business of sport, but the way that arrival […]
By: Justin Maglin On October 30, 2025, Google-owned YouTube TV announced that channels owned by Disney, including ABC and ESPN, would be pulled from its service after the two companies failed to reach a new carriage agreement. The blackout affected more than ten million YouTube TV subscribers and cut off access to major sports broadcasts, including college football and Monday Night Football, […]
