An Election of “Firsts”
Yesterday’s election saw large numbers of Americans turning up to cast their votes. The New York…
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How Overturning a Christian Woman’s Death Sentence Brought Pakistan to a Standstill
On Tuesday, Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquitted Asia Bibi, a woman falsely accused of blasphemy, in…
No Post-Conflict Decontamination Obligations Set Before UN First Committee Vote
NEW YORK—The U.N. General Assembly’s upcoming vote on a resolution to address the effects and…
Insights | Information: The Best Weapon against Radicalization
They were starved and abused. While they wouldn’t have believed any negative information about ISIS…
Insights | Caring for the Crazy
Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons What if…
Insights | The Truth About Torture: Depicting CIA Abuses in ‘The Torture Report’
Excerpt from ‘The Torture Report’ | Photo courtesy Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón On September 17,…
Insights | “Crude Democracy” Book Review
A woman walks past a gas pipeline near the city of Asaluyeh, Iran, Jan. 22,…
Insights | Prophesying the Present: Michel Houellebecq’s “Submission”
Michel Houellebecq’s “Submission” should bear a trigger warning | Photo courtesy WSJ blogs With the French Presidential…
Insights | Making Sense of the Trump-Putin Relationship
Rumors of a special relationship between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin…
Insights | Gay, Palestinian, Israeli: Caught between conflicting identities
Jake Witzenfeld presented his documentary Oriented at New York University’s Gallatin School, sparking a conversation…