Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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Right wing governments do not attack the liberal arts and humanities by accident. They do it because history, literature, philosophy, and cultural study train people to recognize patterns of power. People who learn how past injustices were justified are harder to fool when similar arguments reappear dressed up as pragmatism, patriotism, or common sense. People…
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In the final months of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke with a clarity that sounded like resolve rather than hope. He had received countless death threats, survived attacks, and watched violence follow him from city to city. He was no longer speaking as someone who believed safety was possible. He was speaking as…
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Bad Bunny is in the middle of his world tour right now, moving from city to city and filling stadiums with sound, movement, and emotion. This week he is performing in Chile, and next weekend he will be in Medellín, Colombia. I will say it plainly. I really want to go again in Colombia! There…
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One of my earliest sports heroes was Barry Sanders, not only because of what he did on the football field, but because of how he carried himself after doing it. Barry Sanders scored touchdowns that defied physics, logic, and defensive schemes. He made elite NFL defenders look like they were running in the wrong direction. Yet…
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At the 2026 Golden Globe Awards, Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler, won two major honors. It received the award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, acknowledging its broad commercial success, and Best Original Score. These recognitions matter because they signal that a film rooted in Black history, racial critique, and structural analysis can succeed without dilution. The…
Cloaking Inequity 