A FEW WEEKS AGO WHILE DUSTING THE BOOKSHELVES IN MY LIVING ROOM, I stopped to browse through the authors in my book collection. As I looked at the names of the writers whose work I have enjoyed over the years, I saw something I’d never noticed: a majority of my books were written by white…
Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the ruling Law and Justice party in Poland's Sejm, March 2016Poland has become yet another European country to take the risky route of a nationalist policy, much to the despair of its international partners, including but not limited to the European Commission, Council of Europe and the United States. The rapid…
As long as the sport has been around, baseball has been home to the most superstitious athletes in all of sports. Given the nature of a 162-game season, it’s no surprise that a Major League player would put stock in ceremony, process, and even higher powers to guide the inevitable journeys through slumps and streaks. …
The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles. Pablo Iglesias at the closing rally in Madrid, June 24, 2016. Francisco Seco / Press Association. all rights reserved. Five years ago, after the square occupation started by the activist network “Juventud Sin Futuro” (“Youth Without Future”)…
Before Trump picked him to oversee the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt served as Oklahoma’s attorney general from 2011 until 2017. Over the course of his controversial tenure, an epidemic of earthquakes emerged. Though the Sooner state is “lousy with fault lines,” these quakes weren’t exactly the natural ground-rumblers my colleagues might experience in GOOD’s…
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon visiting Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant at Faslane in Scotland, 2016. Danny Lawson / Press Association . All rights reserved. Jonathan Leader Maynard, who says there is a ‘strong case’ for Trident renewal, and Ian Sinclair, who says there is no such case, both agree on one thing: the language we use…
President Donald Trump’s childish antics, outright lies, and dismissive attitude toward America’s allies has diminished the country’s standing on the world stage. After Trump’s embarrassing performance at the NATO summit, German Chancellor Merkel declared that Europe “must really take our fate into our own hands.” On Wednesday, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has turned to outright mocking the…
Erwin van Veen. All rights reserved.Last Sunday’s summit in Paris threw a welcome light on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has faded into the background of the carnage in Syria, Iraq and Yemen. Yet, the politically inconvenient truth is that the peace process as traditionally conceived – between the Israeli and Palestinian authorities, supported by US-mediation…
In a shocking Sept. 6 tweet, Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett says he was subjected to racist abuse at the hands of Las Vegas police. The outspoken Pro-Bowler said he was singled out and mistreated for “simply being a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Bennet said that as he…
Life in Stepantsminda village, Georgia. CC Marco Fieber / Flickr. Some rights reserved.The village of Sadakhlo sits at the intersection of borders between Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Lauded in Soviet times as the “point of friendship”, this place now seems more like a latter-day Checkpoint Charlie. On one side stand olive-skinned locals in American-style uniforms…