| Mar 24, 2021 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyAs our nation grapples with its legacy of anti-Asian racism, it’s important to consider the subtler forms of racism too. Racism occurs on a spectrum, from social degradation all the way to — as we saw recently in Atlanta — mass murder. I cannot speak for Asians, nor...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityMost of us who were alive then remember where we were on the morning of the 9/11 attacks. As we mark the 18th anniversary of the Iraq War this March, I wonder how many also remember where we were that day. On 9/11, I was a Catholic school eighth grader. I’ll never...
| Dec 18, 2019 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe Trump administration says it’s anti-Semitic to criticize Israel. That’s the gist of a recent executive order that would treat campus calls to boycott Israel over its treatment of Palestinians as anti-Semitic discrimination on the basis of “national origin.”...
| Aug 14, 2019 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / Democracy“Yes we can,” went Barack Obama’s presidential campaign slogan, inspired by labor rights activist Dolores Huerta. After mass shootings killed 31 people in Texas and Ohio, I can’t help but recall how those three words — “yes we can” — encouraged hope and unity. Nearly...
| Feb 27, 2019 | Editors Picks|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyJussie Smollett, a popular actor and singer-songwriter, was recently arrested and charged with filing a false police report. Smollett alleged that he was attacked in late January by two white men who spewed racist and homophobic slurs as they assaulted him. A standout...
