I want to be excited about the film adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s book, Crazy Rich Asians. I want to see this as a victory for Asian Americans in Hollywood films, Asians in leading roles, and...
Good morning! We're reading stories this week that include a thoughtful profile of Kellyanne Conway, a discussion of the French election, a meditation on home, reflections on hope, and the...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
