Charles Dumas is a lifelong political activist, a professor emeritus from Penn State, and was the Democratic Party’s nominee for the U.S. Congress in 2012. He is a Lions Paw honoree. He lives in State ...

This column originally appeared in the January 2026 issue of Town&Gown magazine. Early in my teaching career, I became obsessed with political drama TV shows. I would binge-watch episodes of “The West ...

The Vietnam war ended over a half-century ago, but the 20-year war remains a conflict that American artists keep going back ...