Election Day voting resources
Election Day is upon us at last, gentle readers, and here's our resource roundup for those who haven't voted yet, from how to find information on ballot measures to how to get to the polls to what to...
Category: North America
I’m an Arab and I’m with her
I write these lines in the dying hours of the US Presidential election. It is fair to say that this election has led to a form of global fatigue. In the Arab world, that sentiment is now running...
Oh, America. Don’t screw this up.
I might be in a different continent, but it’s been impossible to miss the relentless drudgery and drama of the American presidential election. I’m here to plea to your better nature to not do a...
Goodbye to all that: I’m done with Election 2016
Some pregnant women, in the final weeks of their pregnancy, succumb to a strange phobia: They begin to worry that their pregnancy is permanent. It’s gone on so long. It’s been so grueling. It’s...
Vote for Trump if you hate animals
There is a group of silent Americans that will be harmed if Donald Trump is elected president. This group has been known to make bedfellows of liberals and conservatives, depends 100 percent on the...
Voting for Hillary Rodham Clinton
As Donald Trump has demonstrated that he’s unqualified even to teach a Sunday School class, millions of those who want their Christian faith to guide their political choices are wondering if they...
A game aims to simulate the experience of everyday racism. Does it work?
Mondays are Killer Queen League Night in Portland. I wrap up my work mid-evening and take a train down to the arcade to play a 5v5 competitive multiplayer game. It gets my blood pumping, and the...
The most stunning debate moment: Will Trump accept the outcome of the election?
Last night marked the third and final presidential debate of the US election, with less than three weeks to go before election day. While there were a number of standout moments — Donald Trump...
#ThisIs2016 and anti-Asian racism is still everywhere
When I was in college, white guys liked to bow at me in bars. I don’t know why the bowings mainly happened in the early 2000s in St. Louis, I have yet to experience so many white guys bowing at me...
InterVarsity just sold LGBQT Christians out
To those of us who’ve been paying attention, it’s seemed obvious for a while that conservative Christians are at the forefront of a growing backlash against greater inclusion for LGBTQIA people,...