The Chicago-based creative explores loneliness, alienation and identity in his episodic feature that had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. By Georg Szalai Global ...

At a loss to explain the spate of fatal school shootings in recent years, some educators and social scientists have turned to that eternal plague of childhood, bullying. The chances of eradicating ...

“Loneliness has followed me my whole life,” says Robert De Niro’s character, Travis Bickle, in Taxi Driver. “Everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There’s no escape. I’m God’s ...

Political alienation is a profound sense of estrangement or disconnection from the political system and its processes. It manifests in various ways, including apathy, distrust, and a feeling of ...

Seth Kaplan, an expert on fragile states, will be at CivicCon to explain how we can fight discontent and decline by getting to know our neighbors.

Aging, an inevitable part of the human experience, is often accompanied by significant social, psychological, and physical changes. The concept of alienation, a term originally rooted in Marxist ...

When the dance begins, they are all onstage together. But they are each very much alone. In the opening vignette of Anna Sokolow’s “Rooms,” there are eight chairs scattered across the stage and eight ...