What price press freedom?
This has been a chaotic week in American politics, between the abrupt ouster of former FBI Director James Comey, chaos at town halls as constituents react to the American Health Care Act, the...
Category: Politics
Brightest and best, it’s time to pack up and offer your talents elsewhere
Brightest and best, it is time to cut your losses. The UK does not value your presence. No matter how much you contribute with your entrepreneurship, your skills, your artistic creativity,...
Do Great Britain’s local elections betray the future for the country’s leadership?
Many of England, Wales and Scotland’s local council seats were up for the public vote yesterday, to fill town and city councils with councillors to represent constituents on local issues....
Color Me Skeptical
Will every conservative in the #NeverTrump movement please step forward to collect your participation trophy? Don’t get me wrong — it is commendable that some members of the GOP...
Death and terror for LGBT community in Chechnya
Members of the LGBT+ community in Chechnya are being held in concentration camp-like conditions, and at least four have been killed. Ramzan Kadyrov, the country’s president, has vowed to...
6 ways to fight resistance fatigue
We’re only three months into Donald Trump’s (likely) four-year term, but for many activists, it already feels much longer. The daily onslaught of disturbing developments is exhausting....
A British General Election has been announced: promises and chaos abound
Earlier this week, British Prime Minister Theresa May did what she had formerly promised she wouldn’t do, and called a snap general election for seven weeks’ time. Whether she wants a...
Democrats Choosing Sanders to Lead are Leaving Too Much of their Base Behind
At this very moment, Bernie Sanders has joined Tom Perez in an ongoing series of unity rallies. Can we unite? It’s hard to know. If uniting means putting Bernie in charge? Many of us will...
Song as resistance: The strange story of Estonia’s singing revolution
“Mu isamaa on minu arm.” The unofficial national anthem of Estonia translates as “Land of my fathers, land that I love.” It began as a poem written by Estonian poet, Lydia Koidula,...
Syrian missile strikes and the new cold war
Donald Trump’s recent military strike on Syria, supported by both Democrats and Republicans, is based on assumption and lacks any sort of direction. The injustice done in the Syrian...