Author: Insights

In a stately repository of the nation’s heritage, two volumes rest quietly among countless others. These books, housed in a prominent American library dating back to the country’s earliest years, speak to a complex and often overlooked facet of the nation’s founding era. The English translation of the Qur’an was once owned by an influential Founding Father. The other manuscript was authored by a Muslim scholar forcibly brought to North America as an enslaved individual. The manuscripts challenge the commonly told narrative of America’s religious liberty and progress. Taken together, the two surviving texts suggest that Islam’s influence in...

President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to issue mass pardons for supporters convicted in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying he intended to act on his first day back in the White House. Speaking in a wide-ranging interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” with moderator Kristen Welker, Trump pledged to bring what he called “legal relief” to hundreds of incarcerated individuals whom he characterized as unfairly punished victims of a broken criminal justice system. “I’m going to be acting very quickly. First day,” Trump said, describing the prison conditions faced by many January 6...

In the gilded era of music streaming, millions of tracks are available at our fingertips. A few clicks, and the world of sound becomes accessible, boundless, and instant. Yet beneath the shimmering surface lies a system that many argue is fundamentally broken. It is a business model that disproportionately benefits corporations while exploiting the very artists who make it possible. This is not merely a technological evolution, it has been an industry-altering revolution. And like most revolutions, it is riddled with winners and losers. The problem? The losers are often the creators, the people who pour their lives into...