Last month, in the final stretch of the presidential campaign, the New York Times reported landmark findings from a 2023 poll by the American Enterprise Institute. For the first time in modern history, young American men are more likely to identify a...
Picture this: After years of waiting for your immigration hearing, you finally step into the courtroom. You take your seat, ready to share your story—and then realize you cannot understand anything that is happening. The interpreter’s voice is mu...
Since his name entered contention as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz mania has swept the Democratic Party. One CBS poll found that 60 percent of Democratic voters were enthusiastic about the pick, while another 35 percent were...
From the taxi cabs, tuk-tuks (miniature three-wheeled vehicles), and vendor stands crowding the busy streets of Cairo blares a genre of music featuring heavy synthesizers, rapid-tempo beats, and trap influences. It’s known as “Mahraganat,” the ...
From the taxi cabs, tuk-tuks (miniature three-wheeled vehicles), and vendor stands crowding the busy streets of Cairo blares a genre of music featuring heavy synthesizers, rapid-tempo beats, and trap influences. It’s known as “Mahraganat,” the ...
Shamima Begum, a British citizen born to Bangladeshi parents, recently lost the first stage of her appeal to retain British citizenship. The decision was celebrated by many in the UK as the delivery of justice. In 2015, at 15 years old, Begum left th...
Shamima Begum, a British citizen born to Bangladeshi parents, recently lost the first stage of her appeal to retain British citizenship. The decision was celebrated by many in the UK as the delivery of justice. In 2015, at 15 years old, Begum left th...
Decades ago, few would have placed bets on the survival of the kakapo. Indigenous to New Zealand, kakapos are a rare flightless, nocturnal, and unusually large breed of parrot. They might be the world’s oldest living bird, and were once so abundant...
Decades ago, few would have placed bets on the survival of the kakapo. Indigenous to New Zealand, kakapos are a rare flightless, nocturnal, and unusually large breed of parrot. They might be the world’s oldest living bird, and were once so abundant...
In recent years, life for citizens in the small Kingdom of Lesotho has changed significantly. The rains of farming season arrive increasingly later, turning once-lush gardens into patches of dust. With 90 percent of rural water sources already dried ...
In recent years, life for citizens in the small Kingdom of Lesotho has changed significantly. The rains of farming season arrive increasingly later, turning once-lush gardens into patches of dust. With 90 percent of rural water sources already dried ...
Positionality statement from the author: As an American at a privileged institution, I am aware of my responsibility to be an educated and informed citizen of the histories and cultures of the diverse array of peoples in this country, including indig...
Positionality statement from the author: As an American at a privileged institution, I am aware of my responsibility to be an educated and informed citizen of the histories and cultures of the diverse array of peoples in this country, including indig...
Rows of wind turbines line the mountain ridges atop remote villages in Alaska, where diesel-powered electricity is so expensive that local communities have been driven toward renewables out of financial necessity. In off-grid communities, however, sh...
Rows of wind turbines line the mountain ridges atop remote villages in Alaska, where diesel-powered electricity is so expensive that local communities have been driven toward renewables out of financial necessity. In off-grid communities, however, sh...
I met Ricardo in January 2020. He wore a black wool jacket, which seemed like overkill in the Tijuana sun. During Brown’s “US-Mexico Border and Borderlands: Experiential Learning On the Ground and In the Field” course in January 2020, I heard m...
I met Ricardo in January 2020. He wore a black wool jacket, which seemed like overkill in the Tijuana sun. During Brown’s “US-Mexico Border and Borderlands: Experiential Learning On the Ground and In the Field” course in January 2020, I heard m...
James Casey remembered the fireworks. The painted skies of his childhood filled him with wonder and joy. But everything changed when he was deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan. As a US Army Medic, James saw the horrors of war: disfigured, Cronenbergian...
James Casey remembered the fireworks. The painted skies of his childhood filled him with wonder and joy. But everything changed when he was deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan. As a US Army Medic, James saw the horrors of war: disfigured, Cronenbergian...
Across South America, 2019 was a year of unrest. Protests erupted in Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Peru as citizens became increasingly infuriated with their governments, and riot police confronted protesters with unnecessary brutality. While...
Across South America, 2019 was a year of unrest. Protests erupted in Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Peru as citizens became increasingly infuriated with their governments, and riot police confronted protesters with unnecessary brutality. While...
Taiwan is running on empty, and importing fuel won’t fix the root problem: The island is in desperate need of its own energy supply. In 2016, domestic energy production made up only two percent of Taiwan’s total energy consumption. 98 percent of ...
Taiwan is running on empty, and importing fuel won’t fix the root problem: The island is in desperate need of its own energy supply. In 2016, domestic energy production made up only two percent of Taiwan’s total energy consumption. 98 percent of ...
Before dawn on February 6, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in the western Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) raided the territory of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation and arrested at least six land defenders. The Wet’suwet’en had bee...
Before dawn on February 6, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in the western Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) raided the territory of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation and arrested at least six land defenders. The Wet’suwet’en had bee...
Since the landmark Citizens United decision of 2010, U.S. elections have become less about voters and their voices and more about the moneyed elite and their bottomless wallets. Corporations, unions, and wealthy donors funnel millions of dollars into...
Since the landmark Citizens United decision of 2010, U.S. elections have become less about voters and their voices and more about the moneyed elite and their bottomless wallets. Corporations, unions, and wealthy donors funnel millions of dollars into...