Vanessa Wills

Washington, D.C., United States

Assoc. Prof. of Philosophy at George Washington U. Co-editor of @JournalSpectre Author, "Marx's Ethical Vision"; 2024 from @OxUniPress (she/her)

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Carl Sagan

Mar 5, 2025 | vanessawills.substack.com | Vanessa Wills

Like everyone else, I watched the short clip going around of Trump and Zelensky’s March 1 press conference. Recently, I decided to watch the whole roughly hour-long appearance and a strange shape emerged, different from the ones on newspaper homepages. Zelensky wants the United States to pledge to send American soldiers to Ukraine’s frontline as a “security guarantee.” This sort of security guarantee functions, essentially, as a threat.
Karl Marx the Moral Philosopher

Aug 23, 2024 | jacobin.com | Vanessa Wills

Interview by Daniel Falcone Marx is often understood to be deeply skeptical, if not dismissive, of morality. Capitalist society, he is generally understood to have thought, is reproduced through the domination of workers by capitalists, a coercive relationship in which moral questions around right and wrong hardly figure. In her new book, George Washington University professor of philosophy Vanessa Wills seeks to complicate this picture.
Karl Marx the Moral Philosopher

Aug 23, 2024 | msn.com | Vanessa Wills

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Gingerbread workshops hosted by Dusit Thani

Dec 20, 2023 | postguam.com | Vanessa Wills

There's nothing like smelling fresh gingerbread during the holiday season. This Christmastime, kids on island are invited to decorate their own gingerbread cookies by the Dusit Thani Guam Resort. Kids are able to decorate their given set of gingerbread cookies at the hotel's annual gingerbread workshops, assisted by pastry chefs for additional assistance and frosting tips.
iLearn students deck their school halls

Dec 19, 2023 | postguam.com | Vanessa Wills

Christmas brings a special feeling to kids when it's celebrated everywhere, even around the classrooms. When last year's iLearn Academy holiday decor brought success and excitement, the school decided to make its "Deck the Halls" Christmas event an annual treat for its students and the island of Guam. iLearn's 2022 "Deck The Halls" Christmas event began as creative door-decorating, bringing inspiration to event coordinator, Mrs.
Colors and lights bring Christmas time to Guam

Dec 15, 2023 | mvariety.com | Vanessa Wills

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The holiday spirit has illuminated Hagåtña's Skinner Plaza with their annual lights display, while also bringing light to the island's patron saint. From 6-9 p.m. since Dec. 8, the light display has shined. It's the day Guam celebrates Santa Maria Kamalen, who is featured beside the holiday spectacle.
Colors and lights bring Christmastime to Guam

Dec 15, 2023 | postguam.com | Vanessa Wills

The holiday spirit has illuminated Hagåtña's Skinner Plaza with their annual lights display, while also bringing light to the island's patron saint. From 6-9 p.m. since Dec. 8, the light display has shined. It's the day Guam celebrates Santa Maria Kamalen, who is featured beside the holiday spectacle.
721st Army Band fills DFS with holiday melodies

Dec 12, 2023 | postguam.com | Vanessa Wills

Santa runs across the DFS T-Galleria, on his way to play the drums, leaving one band and joining another outside the front of the mall for the tourists along Tumon Bay. The 721st Army Band made its appearance at the DFS T Galleria last week as part of its Christmas Concert Series held across the island, including Guam Premier Outlets, the Hilton, the Westin and the Guam Museum. On Dec.
Cabras Marine Corp. and UOG collaborate for internship programs

Dec 9, 2023 | postguam.com | Vanessa Wills

A memorandum of understanding was signed by the University of Guam and Cabras Marine Corp. Nov. 28, which will provide internships for professional job-searching students at UOG. The agreement states that 20-plus internship positions will be available for students studying engineering, human resources, business administration, finance, accounting or contracting. The internships during the summer will be paid positions.
The West Coast celebrates Guam's Santa Marian Kamalen

Dec 9, 2023 | postguam.com | Vanessa Wills

In California, a family from Guam shared their love for the island's patron saint, Santa Marian Kamalen, with a pilgrimage around their West Coast neighborhood. Santa Maria Kamalen is a respected religious figure in Guam's Catholic community and is celebrated annually during the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and the Feast of Santa Marian Kamalen, held Dec. 8., which includes a procession around Hagåtña.