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Quote of the day by Hannah Arendt: 'The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be...' - Renowned political philosopher’s timeless wisdom on the dangers of moral indifference

Quote of the day by Hannah Arendt: Hannah Arendt, renowned for her significant contributions to 20th-century philosophy, dissected the 'banality of evil', suggesting that ordinary individuals can engage in heinous acts devoid of malicious intent. Her analysis traversed totalitarian regimes, urging the necessity of critical thought and ethical decision-making. Arendt’s…

The Economic Times

Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library review – interrogating Hannah Arendt

An encounter in a police cell with a Nazi officer could have been the end of the political theorist, but Jenny Lyn Bader’s play has little feel for the dramatic

The Guardian - UK

Quote of the day by Hannah Arendt: “Power corresponds to the human ability not just to act but to act in concert. Power is never the...” — Timeless life lessons from an inspirational quote by the renowned German-American political theorist on power, unity, leadership, collective strength, trust, and responsibility

Today’s quote of the day by Hannah Arendt: The famous quote "Power corresponds to the human ability not just to act but to act in concert" by Hannah Arendt redefines human influence as a collective creation rather than an individual's possession. True power manifests when people unify around a shared…

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Quote of the Day by Hannah Arendt: "Loneliness is not solitude. Solitude requires..." — Life-changing lessons on loneliness, solitude, emotional connection, and inner peace by one of the greatest political thinkers explain why millions still feel alone despite constant connection

Quote of the Day by Hannah Arendt arrives at a time when the world has never been more connected, yet millions quietly struggle with loneliness. We carry smartphones, reply instantly to messages, and remain surrounded by people at work, school, and social events. Still, many describe an emptiness they cannot…

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Political philosopher quote of the day: 'The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil' — Hannah Arendt

Few political thinkers have left behind a quote as unsettling as this one. At first glance, it appears simple. On closer inspection, it challenges one of the most common assumptions about evil: That terrible acts are mainly committed by obviously wicked people.

The Times of India

Thank God for Pope Leo. He’s the leader our world desperately needs

Even for nonbelievers like me, the pope has become a reassuring – and all too rare – voice of moral clarity

The Guardian - US

Gen Z is catching up with us older readers

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Talk is precious: in the age of communication collapse, Jürgen Habermas’s message remains vital

The philosopher, who has died aged 96, was often caricatured as a consensus-seeking liberal. But his belief in the need for shared understanding had a radical underpinning, says German philosopher Eva von Redecker

The Guardian - UK

The war on DEI reflects the quiet normalization of white nationalism — in the U.S. and beyond

Political theorist Hannah Arendt warned that authoritarian politics rarely begin with spectacles of repression. More often, authoritarianism advances through routine administrative decisions that appear technical or neutral but gradually reshape public life — a kind of bureaucratic normalization of injustice she later described as the banality of evil.

The Conversation

Berlinale 2026: Politics and protests dominate film festival's opening ceremony

Berlinale jury President Wim Wenders has made clear that film can only change people and not politicians but at the Berlin film festival's red carpet opening ceremony, political protest grabbed all of the attention.

Euronews

When it comes to homelessness, what we call ‘compassion fatigue’ is something else entirely

The 20th-century French philosopher Simone Weil once said that compassion was an impossibility. She said it is “a more astounding miracle than walking on water.” The word she used for meeting the needs of the sufferer is not love or charity, but justice. Today, there is plenty of research that…

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Repeated government lying, warned Hannah Arendt, makes it impossible for citizens to think and to judge

In Minneapolis, two recent fatal encounters with federal immigration agents have produced not only grief and anger, but an unusually clear fight over what is real.

The Conversation

Iran protests are not just about economics – they’re a full-blown ideological crisis

Iran’s latest wave of unrest is often explained in familiar terms: economic collapse, sanctions, inflation, or sudden political anger. But this framing misses what is actually unfolding.

The Conversation

Donald Trump doesn’t want us to believe our own eyes

Renee Nicole Good’s killing is the latest example of the president’s outrageous – and blatant – assaults on the truth

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The Conversation

How Hannah Arendt can help us understand this new age of far-right populism

Sales of Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) rocketed when Donald Trump won the 2016 US presidential election. Nearly a year into the second Trump administration – and 50 years since Arendt’s death in December 1975 – it seems like an apposite time to revisit the book and see…

The Guardian - UK

Will Farage’s Trumpian strategy work against him? He has good reason to believe it won’t

The Reform leader bit back over allegations of racial abuse and revealed his strategy: the best form of defence is dragging everyone else into the mire, says writer Samuel Earle

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Overwhelm the public with muzzle-velocity headlines: A strategy rooted in racism and authoritarianism

The headlines documenting President Donald Trump’s plan to send federal troops to San Francisco followed a familiar arc. “Trump claims ‘unquestioned power’ in vow to send troops to San Francisco,” The Guardian reported on Oct. 20, 2025. The next day, the San Francisco Chronicle blared: “S.F. threatens to sue if…

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‘These men think they’ve done nothing wrong’: the philosopher who tried to understand Gisèle Pelicot’s rapists

When 50 men went on trial in France, accused of raping a woman who had been drugged by her husband, Manon Garcia was in the courtroom – and in the prosecutors’ closing arguments. How does she make sense of what happened?

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GOP Rep. Slams Colombian President Petro For 'Supporting Those Who Want To Eliminate The State Of Israel'

GOP Rep. Mario Diez-Balart slammed Colombian President Gustavo Petro for "supporting those who want to eliminate the state of Israel" and recalling that he was member of the M-19 guerrilla from the 1970s until it demobilized

The Independent UK

Trump-Gaza latest: ‘Dozens’ of airstrikes on Gaza despite Trump’s call for Israel to stop bombing immediately

Hamas has accepted certain key parts of Donald Trump's plan, including ending the war, Israel's withdrawal and the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian captives

Euronews

'Nobody can tell me whether I'm wanted or not,' publicist Michel Friedman says

Following his controversial disinvite from an event in East Germany, publicist Michel Friedman is now going on the offensive. In an interview with Euronews, he criticises the decision as a "dangerous signal" and the debate about his fee and expenses as an "anti-Semitic stereotype."

The Independent UK

A Columbia genocide scholar says she may leave over university's new definition of antisemitism

Academics around the country are raising alarm about growing efforts to define antisemitism on terms pushed by the Trump administration

The Independent UK

MAGA star skewered for gleefully promoting ‘official Alligator Alcatraz merch’: ‘The banality of evil’

‘I repeat, this prison has merch. Things are going insanely well,’ Benny Johnson tweeted on Tuesday.

Salon

America's slide into totalitarianism

"Authoritarianism" is so 2018 — Donald Trump and his minions want to conquer all of civil society

The Guardian - UK

Yes, protesting can help tyrants like Trump, with its scenes of disorder. But that’s no reason to stay at home

The protesters in LA have a clear message: don’t arrest our friends and neighbours when they pose no danger to anyone, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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