What you need to know about Mike Pence
Tonight's vice presidential debate will pit Tim Kaine and Mike Pence against each other for their only formal public debate of the election cycle. It's easy for many people to forget the vice...
Category: Commentary
Scrounger: Disability hate speech
He seemed, at first glance, to be an ordinary-looking middle-aged man engrossed in the mental gymnastics required to properly compare the prices of different brands of cornflakes by weight. But as I...
Stop using disabled people as object lessons to push exercise
NPR caught flak from the disability community this week as they published an article reporting on a medical study supporting physical activity as a means of delaying or preventing mobility...
The US election and the view from abroad
“America sneezes, and the world braces itself.” This was the sentiment a life-long Hong Kong resident expressed to me the other day over a friendly meal. Despite being taught that talk of...
Clinton versus Trump: Who won the first debate?
Last night marked the first of three presidential debates in the United States, allowing voters to see Secretary Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump go head to head in a series of discussions about...
Queen Sugar is The Healing You Didn’t Know You Needed
Sawubona. Ngikhona. This is a South African greeting from the Zulu tribe, which roughly translated means “I see you” (Sawubona), I am here (Ngikhona). A deeper meaning to this greeting however,...
It’s not just a cartoon: why satire should come of age
To go from “Je suis Charlie” to suing Charlie doesn’t really take much. The Italian town of Amatrice knows it well. After an earthquake that claimed 295 victims, the famously controversial...
Confronting my Western privilege in Siem Reap
I saw a dog get run over in Cambodia. In the back of a tuk tuk (think “motorcycle rickshaw”), my husband worried aloud that he could see a little black puppy trying to cross the busy street up...
6 astonishingly simple ways schools can improve life for LGBT+ kids
Life at school can be tough. Add being LGBTQ into the mix, and there is the recipe for trauma, bullying and exclusion. I didn't experience homophobic bullying at school because I was so far in the...
Ask not whether Clinton is sick: Ask why it matters
In a year where the election is not particularly close, the media has leapt at any chance to make Secretary Clinton’s victory seem less assured and amplify the perception of a horserace. This...