The thing that has become the most clear to us this election year is that we don’t agree on the fundamental truths we thought we did. I went to college in the part of Pennsylvania that definitely flipped the state for Trump. A good number of my friends are still living there and have posted…
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Islamic State’s latest victims: poor defenceless Christian Ethiopians
Christian Ethiopians on Good Friday. Gazetegnaw Zega/Demotix. All rights reserved. The killing was horrific for anyone with enough resolve to see the video footage. Killing a defenceless human being with no military training, with no gun or weapon in his hand, for the colour of his skin, his country of origin and/or religious faith has…
Why The Smartest Anti-Trump Protest Strategy Is Solidarity—Not Violence
With the new administration beginning, many people might want to know how to resist it. The inauguration week includes many protests against Donald Trump’s values—from Saturday’s Women’s March on Washington to the #J20 Art Strike. What should we aim for as we head into protests? As a reflective citizen and a practitioner of philosophy, I am…
What kind of peace? The case of the Turkish and Kurdish peace process
Kurds demonstrate in Strasbourg calling for Ocalan's release, February 2015. Demotix/ Jonathan Rae. All rights reserved.Turkey and the Kurds share the aim of ending their long-standing conflict. So what of the so-called peace process between the Turkish state and the PKK, especially their imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan? And what is the potential role of Kurdish…
Obama Signs New Rule Blocking States From Defunding Planned Parenthood
Click:leveling agent President Obama is using his final weeks in office to help ensure that women’s rights stay in place even after he leaves the White House. On Tuesday, Obama signed a new rule into place that effectively bars states from denying funds to health service centers which provide abortions. Over the last several years,…
With A Republican Texas Elector Defecting From Trump, The ‘Hamilton Plan’ Gains Momentum
A group known as the Hamilton Electors—Electoral College members who will cast their electoral votes to help officially decide the president of the United States—has determined the president-elect to be unqualified, adding yet another wrinkle to this historic election. Now, The group has gained a new ally in Republican Texas elector Christopher Suprun, who, in The New York Times,…
What David Cameron could learn from Marx about radicalisation (but probably won't)
Karl Marx. Flickr/Montecruz Foto. Some rights reserved The government is, apparently, concerned about radicalisation. David Cameron told the Globsec conference in Slovakia that the Islamist narrative about the evils of the west is given too much credence. “[It] paves the way” he said, “for young people to turn simmering prejudice into murderous intent. To go…
Get Ready For The Largest Supermoon In 70 Years
Get ready for the big one on November 14. No, not an earthquake (though you never know), but rather, the largest supermoon in nearly 70 years. The Earth’s moon is expected to make its closest pass to Earth since 1948, according to NASA. It may be worth staying up late for, as it won’t come this close again…
Suppressed at home, neglected abroad, Ethiopian migrants
Ethiopians in Italy protest killing of migrants in Saudi Arabia.Demotix/Stefano Montesi. All rights reserved.The first duty of any government is to protect its citizens from harm, at home and abroad – no matter who they are, or where they are. This is the primary moral and constitutional responsibility of the EPRDF government of Ethiopia, which,…
Big Businesses Are Finally Cracking The Food Desert Crisis
Food accessibility is one of America’s most pressing issues. An estimated 5.8 million households, according to a 2009 United Stated Department of Agriculture study cited by The New York Times, and up to 29 million people, live more than a half mile from a supermarket and don’t have access to a vehicle. The lack of food…