Discussions of violent versus nonviolent resistance usually revolve around morality. This framing leads to further demonization of marginalized people while remaining generally unhelpful. Violence is...
Living in the south of France in the late 1990s, I was surrounded by the burgeoning popularity of le Front national, a far-right political party founded and led by Jean-Marie Le Pen. Le Pen was an...
Just days after stepping into the White House, President Donald Trump enacted tight restrictions on refugees and immigrants entering the United States, stranding thousands of travelers around the...
Who is drawn to right-wing populism and why is it so dangerous? The real danger of right-wing populism lies in its ability to forge broad societal alliances In the United Kingdom, United States,...
On December 25, 2009 Liu Xiaobo was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment in China. His crime? “Inciting subversion to state power”. A human rights activist devoted to non-violence – his weapons...
Since Christmas, two things are taking up space in my copious social media feeds; it turns out that everybody I have ever met is: Re-joining a weight-loss support club, and / or Re-joining the...
I am of the opinion that had it not been for his positions on trade, Donald Trump would not be President. By using rhetoric that strongly denounced free trade agreements cooked up by “elites” as...
As I write, law enforcement are descending upon Smyrna, Delaware, attempting to put a stop to a hostage situation at Vaughn Correctional Center, with prisoners holding guards and making demands for...
“We believe in a world that should be getting closer because of the digital age, not more separated.” — Aaron Levie, Lead Magician (and CEO) at Box Then donate to a labor union. Donate to...
One week ago, the United States woke up with a democratically elected president. On the following morning, the nation watched the painfully farcical inauguration of a man who won the election by dint...
