'The American Society of Magical Negroes' is too timid to land any satirical blows
From left, Justice Smith, David Alan Grier and Aisha Hinds in the movie The American Society of Magical Negroes. (Tobin Yelland / Focus Features) 'The…
Starmer: Tories are ‘political wing of flat earth society’
Sir Keir Starmer raises the suspension of former Conservative Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson. Source link
Eric Klinenberg wants you to reexamine 2020: the worst year of our lives
Eric Klinenberg wants you to remember what was, collectively, the worst year of our lives. But he doesn’t just want you to recall 2020 —…
Uttarakhand UCC Bill and its Implications
In one of the promises that the BJP made in the 2019 general elections, the state of Uttarakhand is about to take the lead and…
Civil society urge nationwide strike, protest in Senegal after vote delay | Protests News
The call for mass mobilisation comes as a major political upheaval continues in the usually stable West African nation. A coalition of Senegalese civil society…
Tunisia’s press, civil society silent as Ghannouchi sentenced, analysts say | Freedom of the Press News
Tunisian media had little to say about the sentencing of Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of the self-styled Muslim democrats, Ennahdha, and former speaker of parliament, to…
COVID-19 as a Human Security Threat in Non-traditional Security Issues
The end of the Cold War has had a new impact on international security in a more non-military direction and caused by non-State actors challenging…
Gun violence and race explored in Jonathan Metzl’s ‘What We’ve Become’
On the Shelf What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms By Jonathan M. MetzlW. W. Norton & Company: 384 pages, $30…
High-tech and war are integrating some ultra-Orthodox Jews into Israel’s secular society
TEL AVIV — Yakob Shoolman spent years studying the Torah, pouring over ancient scripture like many boys in his ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood. He lived a sequestered…
Delving into the Social-Humanitarian Aspects of the Mexican Drug War
The widespread drug trafficking that began in Mexico and subsequently extended to other nations, including the US, is what gave rise to the Mexican Drug…
At Birch Society headquarters, looking for roots of conspiracy theory in U.S.
APPLETON, Wis. — The decades fall away as you open the front doors. It’s the late 1950s in the cramped little offices — or maybe the…