Telling the story of Latvian resistance
During its half century of Soviet and Nazi occupation, more than 47,000 Latvians (nearly three percent of the country’s population) were prosecuted and punished. Latvia doesn’t want that...
Category: Commentary
On the 135th Anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act, How Far Have We Come?
Last week was the 135th anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act. On May 6, 1882, the US passed a law prohibiting the immigration of Chinese people to America. The very few Chinese people allowed to...
Disabled People and the General Election #CripTheVoteUK
As Britain gears up for its impending General Election, the disabled population is wondering what will be in store when the results are announced in June. We are a group who has been made...
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...
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,...
Can Immigrants Use Stereotypes to Succeed in America?
When my aunt moved to the US in the early 1980s, she needed to find work. Though she’d worked nearly her whole life as a skilled, bi-lingual, executive assistant to higher-ups in large...
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...
If Asian Enclaves Are Endangered, What Does that Mean For Asian-Americans?
Do a quick Internet search for tourist attractions in any one of America’s major metropolitan cities, and no doubt a tourism website or travel “listicle” will come up urging you to visit that...