The April 11 metro bombing in Minsk triggered unpleasant memories of the March 29, 2010 bombing for those of us living in Moscow. Though the Minsk bombing was not a suicide attack, and although there...
Laurie Penny is an English journalist who came into the public eye last year with her gripping coverage of the student protests and occupations. She writes a column for the New Statesman, as well...
Lee-Ann Monk, Attending Madness: at work in the Australian colonial asylum, Rudopi, 2008. In Attending Madness (Rodopi, 2008), Lee-Ann Monk explores the lives and identities of asylum attendants...
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...
I'm thinking about violence a lot lately. It seems appropriate, now, to write about it, as we just saw actions around the U.S. to commemorate the anniversary of nonviolent activist Martin Luther...
Philosophers and scientists have long proposed theories in which duality is the propelling force of movement and progress - the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's dialectic offered a process...
Shock! Horror! The Truth Is Revealed! Rich business people pay money to politicians in exchange for favourable decisions and politicians comply. Headline news it ain’t. If you live in Ireland...
As far as careers go, a girl couldn’t wish for a better one than Phyllis Schlafly. Much sought-after public speaker; respected author, published many times over; powerful activist, who has changed...
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...
This Friday marks the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, one of the worst industrial accidents in the history of the United States. PBS recently explored the Triangle Fire in a...