Indigenous communities in Latin America have suffered an especially oppressive history of dispossession and exploitation. Only the source of oppression has changed: if ‘indios’ were once enslaved to ‘latifundistas’, they […]
A city government safe so stuffed with cash that it couldn’t close? A city’s Senior Engineer slyly taking tropical vacations and receiving numerous bottles of wine in his office? These […]
In the past few decades, Singapore has received considerable praise for its social and economic policies. According to the Council on Foreign Relations,“conventional wisdom has held that economic growth will […]
Syria enters its 17th month of nationwide fighting, the Christian minority continues to support the ruling Assad regime. Several Christian-populated towns have been spared the violence ravaging the country, but […]
When we think of cities, we think of modernity: gleaming sky scrapers, bustling streets, innovation, and progressive thinking. We infer that cities, and the people that live in them, are […]
The word Islamophobia is everywhere. It is one of those pervasive, ball of wax terms that is sufficiently meaningful yet vague that no one questions what it stands for. The […]
“Culture is not a monolith; it needs to change and adapt to shifting realities.”- Anindita Sengupta, The Guardian, “India in denial over sex education” In India, this is certainly true: […]
During the months of August and September 2012, five separate cases of church vandalism and Christian attacks in India have been reported via correspondence to the All India Christian Council, […]
Quebec elected the Parti Quebcois (PQ) to lead its provincial government on Sept. 4, 2012 with 32 percent of the vote. The party, led by Pauline Marois, has expressed hopes […]
AMIR BEN SHABATMore than any country in the Muslim world, Saudi Arabia is identified with Islam. Islam is the state religion, the source of political legitimacy as it shapes state […]
