Issue of the Week: Human Rights, Economic Opportunity, Disease, Hunger, Population, War, Environment, Personal Growth
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaign 2018
“I believe that in a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no person in America should… Continue reading
“Justice Kennedy’s retirement, his legacy and what it means going forward”, PBS NewsHour
By Joshua Barajas and Ryan Connelly Holmes, Politics, Jun 27, 2018
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced Wednesday that… Continue reading
“We celebrate the NHS’s 70th birthday. So why forget its link to human rights?”, The Guardian
Afua Hirsch, Opinion, 27 Jun 2018
Free healthcare was inspired by the vision of fairness in the 1948 Universal Declaration… Continue reading
“The Lessons of a Stunning New York Primary”, The New York Times
By Frank Bruni, Opinion Columnist, June 27, 2018
Never sated by the amount of attention that he gets and congenitally… Continue reading
“In Travel Ban Ruling, High Court Repudiates Notorious Japanese Internment Case”, NPR
Scott Horsley, June 26, 2018
In the sharply divided decision over President Trump’s travel ban, the Supreme Court repudiated a… Continue reading
“In Big Win For White House, Supreme Court Upholds President Trump’s Travel Ban”, NPR
Nina Totenberg and Domenico Montanaro, June 26, 2018
In a 5-4 ruling that gave broad leeway to presidential authority, the… Continue reading
“The ‘hidden’ Armenians of Turkey”, The Irish Times
Avedis Hadjian, Books, Dublin, Jun 27, 2018
In the land of the fortresses: why they may still feel compelled to… Continue reading
“In Turkey’s Election, Erdoğan Further Consolidates His Power”, The New Yorker
By Dexter Filkins, June 25, 2018
For a time, it looked as if Turkey’s battered democracy might pull off an… Continue reading
“Trump Is Saving Germany’s Liberals”, The New York Times
By Jagoda Marinic, June 25, 2018
Ms. Marinic is the author of “Made in Germany.”
HEIDELBERG, Germany — Last… Continue reading