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...
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...
Moonlight deserved to win, but their victory helps La La Land too
This past Sunday, the 89th Academy Awards were finally coming to an end as Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway took the stage to present Best Picture. It had been till that point one of the more...
Say hello to the new Global Comment podcast!
We're delighted to announce that we're launching a podcast series featuring interviews with interesting, engaging, thought-provoking and progressive thinkers, artists, and decision-makers in...
Must reads: Marijuana in Israel, Geert Wilders, mysterious disappearances
Good morning, gentle readers! March is right around the corner and there's lot to read this week, so let's dive in — and as always, we want to hear from you about what you're reading, and where!...
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...