European Employers’ Hijab Ban Ruled Legal
This week, the European Court of Justice ruled that it was legal for companies to ban employees from wearing the hijab, as long as such a ban is part of a wider ruling prohibiting any...
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Trump and Israel: Routine or Red Flag?
While world leaders are still scrambling to deal with president Donald Trump, they can rest assured that there is one facet of US foreign policy where the new administration has, so far,...
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...
Must reads: Refugees, psychology, Muslim-Americans, capital punishment
Good morning! This week we're exploring the lives of Muslim-Americans, the rippling effects of Trump's travel ban, and the psychology of facts. Join us, and, as always, please use the comments...
UK introduces compulsory sex education in schools. Kind of.
Having had a Catholic education, my experience of sex education was mixed. Sometimes it was sensible, sometimes it was scientific, and sometimes the repulsion they tried to teach us about things like...
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,...
Who gets to #BeBold on International Women’s Day?
The radical socialist roots of International Women’s Day—which falls this year on Wednesday, March 8—have troublingly given way to a corporate-sponsored “holiday” that has its own...
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 —...
Must reads: Buying foreign policy, universal basic income, kleptocracy, President Duterte, and investigating a family mystery
Good morning! This week we're reading a variety of stories exploring issues like kleptocracy in the Trump Administration, experiments with universal basic income, and the strange history of a...