How Trump’s Tax Breaks Will Help, And Hurt, Working Mothers
Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen recently summed up the economic benefits of widespread child care and paid family leave. Since 1979, she explained in a speech at Brown…
The 'Burkini Battle': France’s capitulation to extremism
Chris Carlson/AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.Approximately two years ago in Turkey, there was an odd case in which AKP-allied Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc made a statement declaring that…
Black Feminist Theory Is Officially A College Class In Denmark, Thanks To Beyoncé
It’s undeniable: Beyoncé is one of the biggest stars in the world. Thanks to the BeyHive, her group of rabidly loyal fans, the singer is able to set the internet…
Crossing the rubicon: how Egypt’s government and public opinion reshaped the Ultras legacy
Mohammed El Raai/AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.In May, 2015, the Cairo Court for Urgent Affairs issued a controversial verdict that effectively banned the activities of Ultras football fan groups,…
Artist Draws Her Way Out Of $24,000 Debt
When graphic designer Kate Bingaman-Burt noticed her credit card debt piling up a few years back, she knew exactly what she had to do to get out of this hole she’d dug…
Blimey, it could be the unconstraining voice
Plaque of The New Colossus poem by Emma Lazarus ("Mother of Exiles") in the museum inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. Wikicommons/Melanzane1013. Some rights reserved.Here on the American…
The Majority Of Harvard’s Admitted 2021 Class Is Nonwhite — But Is That Something To Celebrate?
I went to college at a school that advertised itself as one of the most diverse in the country. When I arrived on campus, however, I realized that what amounted…
Brazilian political cycles and the impeachment of president Dilma Rousseff
The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff reacts during her impeachment trial at the Federal…
School Districts Keep Trying To Ban The ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ Book
It’s been discussed on Twitter more than any other show in 2017—and has catalyzed much needed conversations about preventing teen suicide—but school districts across the nation continue to be uncomfortable…
Democracy and social movements in Mexico
The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles. APPO demonstration in Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City,2006. Wkikicommons/Maurice Marcellin. Some…
How Trumpcare Would Hurt The President’s Working-Class Base More Than Almost Anyone Else
President Trump spoke at the National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia on July 24, joining a long list of presidents who have spoken to the huge meeting of Boy Scouts,…
The thirty-year war: still on track
US tanks pose in front of the "Hands of Victory" monument, Baghdad, 2003. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.In spring 2003, barely two weeks after the invasion of Iraq, one of the earlier…