Can the left make America great again?
The American right's adept skill at repurposing and owning matters of 'values' is coming to a head in 2017, as an era of political resurgence is leading many once dormant liberals — the...
Category: North America
First person: Fleeing the Guatemalan Civil War for America
This is an interview with a Guatemalan resident of Lynn, Massachusetts. For safety reasons, his name has been changed to Sebastian Martinez. This interview recounts Sebastian’s experiences...
Why Hawai‘i is the Right State to Be Leading the Charge Against Trump’s Travel Ban
On Wednesday, March 8, Hawai‘i was the first state to file a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s revised travel ban. The lawsuit argues that the revised ban will unconstitutionally...
But We Survived: A Story of Living Through the Japanese Internment in America
I met Natsumi* almost 10 years ago in Los Angeles. She was the program coordinator for a senior community center (“I’m a professional volunteer!” she likes to joke) I taught at. Observant,...
Trump’s vilification of Islam
This week, the US president announced a second take on his travel ban transparently targeting the Muslim community, though the administration hotly insists that this isn't about religion —...
Mack Beggs and Transphobia in Sport
A transgender teen boy has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons after he won the Class 6A girls’ wrestling state championship in Texas (where else?). Forced to compete with high school...
Can science save us from politics?
Since the election, many have lamented the psychic pain that now comes with following the news. Turning on CNN or opening a Twitter feed has become a trial to be endured. Like others, I’ve...
Tipping Point: Milo Yiannopoulos, and Conservatives Shifting the Goalposts
The metrics behind a tipping point have always fascinated me. At what point does an online video qualify as having ‘gone viral’? At what point in the cooking process does the fruit go from...
The new left populism
Populism can run in a variety of directions, with a variety of unexpected results, as American Republicans are learning to their chagrin at the moment. But were those results really so unexpected?...
American fascism will be different — and no less serious
As we witness the American slide into fascism, it’s tempting to draw parallels to Nazi Germany. Nazi Germany is the fascist government that Americans are most familiar with — we study World War...