| Apr 30, 2019 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe school year may be winding to a close, but the tired argument about “attacks on free speech” on college campuses is alive as ever. According to Donald Trump, liberal universities like Berkeley are allowing conservative students to be “assaulted” for sharing their...
| Apr 20, 2016 | Peace / SecurityThe 2016 presidential elections are proving historic, and not just because of the surprising success of self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders, the lively debate among feminists over whether to support Hillary Clinton, or Donald Trump’s unorthodox candidacy. The...
| Jan 28, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyWhen the Senate released its shocking report on CIA torture late last year, it renewed a debate from the Bush years about the merits of so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Polls released afterward suggested that most Americans thought that...
| Dec 10, 2014 | Peace / SecurityAn old bumper sticker offered a stinging response to the Bush-Cheney regime’s enthusiasm for waterboarding: “Impeach Bush,” it urged. “Torture Cheney.” Bush and Cheney escaped unscathed. The Senate has just released an astonishing report...
| Jul 2, 2014 | Peace / SecurityRepublican opportunists hoping to score political points are hammering President Barack Obama with vitriolic criticism and blaming him for the latest upheaval in Iraq. So I was pleased when, finally, two Republicans spoke out loudly to deflect those partisan attacks....
