Home Thoughts From Abroad: Brexit and Belonging Laurie Cohen Politics & Economics I left the US for the UK 35 years ago. Since then I’ve been weaving a narrative one whose development has always seemed entirely linear and natural – to explain why I made the move, why I’ve stuck with...
Should Spies Use Secret Software Vulnerabilities? Nir Kshetri Politics & Economics Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro The recent WannaCry ransomware attack infected about 300,000 computers in 150 countries, and cost computer users thousands of dollars in ransom money...
Rosa Parks and the Image of Respectability Katharina Fackler History, Politics & Economics This post is part of Black Perspectives' online roundtable on Black Women and the Politics of Respectability. Since the day she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a White man in 1955, Rosa Parks has...
The Perverse Art of Destroying Meaning Glenn McLaren Philosophy, Politics & Economics In an article in The Conversation from early 2016 titled, "Why Was Stephen Fry Fried On Twitter?" Australian philosopher, Clive Hamilton, criticizes the unreflective political correctness culture of digital...
Digging Deeper on Systemic Change Marion Osieyo Arts & Culture, Politics & Economics What is the difference between changing a system and systemic change?
“This is Genocide, Broadcast in Real Time”: An Interview with the Founders of Save the Syrian Children Hippo Reads Staff Politics & Economics, Science & Medicine For a long time, Tamar and Phil Koosed felt removed from the atrocities in Syria. They knew what was going on, but it just wasn't "their cause." And then they started seeing photos of children being...
“Climate Change is a Human Rights Issue”: An Interview with Naomi Ages of Greenpeace Hippo Reads Staff Politics & Economics, Science & Medicine Naomi Ages is the climate liability project lead at Greenpeace USA, out there fighting the good environmental fight day after day. Our editor Tori Telfer chatted with her about keeping the oil and gas...
