The big thinkers at Aperture explore how understanding the past can shape our vision of the future.

Social psychologist and philosopher Erich Fromm writes that the hope of “1984” is to recognize the dangers of ...

Self-described “island prof” Vashan Wright ’12 hails from Jamaica. As all kids do, he dreamed of what he would be when he grew up—a teacher, a scientist, or maybe an accountant. By high school, he ...

Caitlin Flanagan, whose writing in The Atlantic cuts to the heart of modern life’s most charged topics, has a way of expressing truths that feel both deeply personal and universal. She explores her ...