Watching “The Arab Spring” unfold has been a remarkable and awe-inspiring experience. Something that was once impossible to imagine suddenly became inevitable as Tunisia sparked a revolutionary...
For the sake of the flow of this article, whenever I refer to “burqa” or “full veil” I am referring to both the burqa and niqab, but not the abaya, chador, or hijab. The minute that anyone...
Every sperm is sacred, goes the old Monty Python song, but it might well be the new motto of the Republican Party in 2011. Since their victory in 2010 midterms, Republican politicians (with a few...
Have you heard the one about the Hamas militant and the IDF soldiers? Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A Hamas militant fires a rocket into Israel. Israel gets defensive and retaliates,...
The gender discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart is over ten years old. It began in 2000, with a woman named Betty Dukes, who had then been employed as a greeter for nearly six years. She alleged...
After more than three weeks of protest, Wisconsin Republicans finally found a way to push through their draconian labor bill stripping public workers of collective bargaining rights. Governor Scott...
The Australian state of New South Wales is facing an election on 26 March. The result, as anyone in NSW will tell you, is a foregone conclusion, with even Australian Labor Party state secretary Sam...
Once Mubarak’s regime fell, and the celebrations in Tahrir Square subsided as Egyptians began to use Twitter to organize city cleanings rather than overthrow their dictator, the inevitable question...
Last week, journalist Lara Logan was sexually assaulted by a group of protesters in Egypt. Details of the assault emerged over time: She was forcibly isolated from her crew. She was beaten; some of...
Over the last 6 months, the epitaphs for the multicultural project have been steadily growing. On Febuary 5th, as 3000 fascists marched through Luton chanting anti-Islam slogans, Prime Minster...