While Trump was busy hearkening back to segregationist-era maxims and militarising against the eruption of protests in the wake of George Floyd’s callous death, his foreign adversaries adopted a different tact. From Iran, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei tweeted that “A human… has no reassurance to live in society, if…a police officer can beat him to … Read more
As COVID-19 rages through the United States, news coverage has focused on the immediate consequences of the pandemic. Networks have been saturated with articles about the need for ventilators, daily new case counts, and comparative descriptions of how — and how well — different countries around the world have handled the crisis. Individual profiles show … Read more
Rima el-Husseini is a lecturer in conflict, culture, and negotiation at the Lebanese American University, as well as a lawyer and mediator. She owns the Palmyra Hotel in Baalbek, Lebanon, whose facade opens onto the resplendent Temples of Bacchus and Jupiter in the Roman Ruins of Baalbek. Now the oldest standing hotel in the region, … Read more
Since the death of George Floyd on May 25, Minnesotans have woken up each day to a changed world. First, when news of Floyd’s death flooded media headlines, the community reacted with grief and outrage as activists quickly organized peaceful protests. Just days later, the sunrise was accompanied by smoldering fires and shattered glass as … Read more
The United States of America is falling apart. Our cities are in flames. Journalists are being arrested on live TV. More of our citizens have died of a horrific disease than those of any other nation. I can see armored national guard vehicles in front of my local shopping center. The world is watching with … Read more