Wives of ‘muhajirin’: who’s your husband?
Meen Zawjk. Public Domain.At the beginning of 2013, the term ‘muhajir’, or migrants, became widely used in Syria in reference to foreign fighters who had entered the country to join…
‘It only needs all’: re-reading Dialectic of Enlightenment at 70
Horkheimer left, Adorno right, Habermas background right, running hand through hair. Max Weber-Soziologentag, Heidelberg,April,1964. Wikicommons/Jeremy J.Shapiro. Some rights reserved.How do you make an argument against social domination when the very…
The World Should Pay Attention To How Canada Is Apologizing To Its LGBTQ People
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With Marielle's killing in Rio, a dream breaks into pieces
Marcelo Freixo - #Luciana50 • Debate PartidA com Luciana Boiteux • 22/09/2016A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece for DemocraciaAbierta, following this year’s political carnival in Rio where…
Here Are The Best (And Worst) Master's Degrees For Jobs. Is Yours On The List?
Back in 2009, former President Barack Obama said, “America cannot lead in the 21st century unless we have the best educated, most competitive workforce in the world,” but the rising…
Power and the divine: self-repression in Egypt
Rana Magdy. Public Domain. To understand how power functions, one needs to examine how it penetrates and controls the daily lives of the citizenry on the micro rather than macro…
Hillary Clinton Addressed Critics Who Say She Should ‘Go Away’
Since the 2016 election, many among the political chattering class have suggested that Hillary Clinton should retire from politics or leave the public eye. And it isn’t just coming from…
Hyper-political anti-politics
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma ahead of the ANC 5th National Policy Conference in Soweto, South Africa, June 30, 2017. SIPHIWE SIBEKO/Press Association. All rights reserved.In many parts of the…
The Unified Korean Women’s Hockey Team On Its Historic Moment
When fans, athletes, and media on the ground at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics start talking about what the historic legacy of these games might be, there’s one hope that gets…
Reclaiming the right to life: hunger strikes and protests in Denmark’s deportation centres
Farjad and fellow-residents at the Kærshovedgaard 'departure' centre, Denmark. All rights reserved.‘If we return, they will kill us. But here, they are killing us slowly…They don’t care about us. They…
Get out and vote say immigrants. For your future and ours
Promote the migrant vote.When I escaped Sarajevo under the siege at the end of 1993, there was no plan. I had no idea where I was going. I only knew…
Their Catholic University Keeps Shutting Them Down, But This LGBTQ Group Continues Fighting For Recognition
WASHINGTON – It’s a little past 8 on a school night, and CUAllies, an LGBTQ group at The Catholic University of America, has gathered in the student union. The scene…