4 Years After the Forced Disappearance of 43 Students, a Father Is Still Looking 4 Years After the Forced Disappearance of 43 Students, a Father Is Still Looking
The disappearance of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa is not over for Jorge Antonio Tizapa Legideño.
Nov 12, 2018 / StudentNation / John Washington
Education Is in the Crosshairs in Bolsonaro’s Brazil Education Is in the Crosshairs in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
The president-elect seeks to ban from the classroom political opinions, debates, and any issues that could be construed as leftist.
Nov 12, 2018 / StudentNation / Michael Fox
Remembering Barbara Harrell-Bond, a Fierce Advocate for Refugees Remembering Barbara Harrell-Bond, a Fierce Advocate for Refugees
She was a human bulldozer, an activist and scholar who believed that researchers must not remain impassive in the face of human-rights violations.
Nov 12, 2018 / Negar Azimi
Switzerland’s Experiment With Addiction Treatment Switzerland’s Experiment With Addiction Treatment
Prescribed heroin cuts crime and saves lives.
Nov 9, 2018 / Cédric Gouverneur
Ethiopia and Eritrea Need Their Peace Ethiopia and Eritrea Need Their Peace
Ethiopia and Eritrea began a spectacular rapprochement this summer, and stability in the Horn of Africa depends on its lasting.
Nov 8, 2018 / Gérard Prunier
Why the Refugee Caravan Is So Big—and What We Need to Do About It Why the Refugee Caravan Is So Big—and What We Need to Do About It
“Central America just couldn’t take it anymore.”
Nov 2, 2018 / Laura Carlsen
In France, Is the #MeToo Movement Passé? In France, Is the #MeToo Movement Passé?
The idea that seduction is part of French national identity is blocking critical reflection on power, sex, and liberation.
Nov 2, 2018 / Karina Piser
On Boycotts, Academic Freedom, and the Struggle for Justice in Israel-Palestine On Boycotts, Academic Freedom, and the Struggle for Justice in Israel-Palestine
The big story in the United States is the growing support for the Palestinian cause, and for a just and viable Israel that gives equal rights to all its citizens.
Nov 1, 2018 / Bruce Robbins
Who’s Really ‘Undermining’ American Democracy? Who’s Really ‘Undermining’ American Democracy?
Allegations that Russia is still “attacking” US elections, now again in November, could delegitimize our democratic institutions.
Oct 31, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Trump Is Pushing the World Closer to Nuclear Peril Trump Is Pushing the World Closer to Nuclear Peril
It is not too late to end this dangerous status quo. Let’s demand a better future, one that is free from nuclear weapons.
Oct 30, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel