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Why Hate Is Historically Transformative
Contrary to what you might think, it is hate, not love, that makes the world go around. Even though "love" is mentioned more often than "hate" on Google and in the major religious works, most of the...
View ArticlePreventing Future Fergusons
This post was co-authored by Abigail Finkelman, Program Assistant in the Justice Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. The events unfolding in Missouri have brought all eyes...
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The UN Strikes Back at ISIL's Black Economy
ISIS Controlled Territories in Iraq and Syria. The United Nation Security Council dramatically escalated the conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Al Nusra Front (JNF) and other...
View ArticleFerguson's Overlooked Ties to the War on Drugs
Like many people across the country, I've been glued to the TV as tragic events have unfolded in Ferguson, MO. In the aftermath of Michael Brown's death, violent clashes have erupted between Ferguson's...
View ArticleFearguson, U.S.A.
Ferguson is a city of around 21,000 citizens in St. Louis County, Missouri. For nearly two weeks now it has been the focal point of the nation, as the shooting death of an unarmed African-American man...
View ArticleFerguson Is All of Us
This is the year in which we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Bill. Instead of being able to reflect on the distance we have traveled since 1964, the horrific events...
View Article150 Years After the First Geneva Convention, Switzerland and the ICRC Call...
One hundred fifty years ago to the day, the first Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field was adopted, enshrining the idea in...
View ArticleSunset an Authorization for the Use of Force in Iraq
Judging from press reports, when Congress returns from its August recess in early September, the United States military will have been bombing "Islamic State" fighters in Iraq for a month, with a...
View ArticleWho Can't Handle the Truth?
Second guessing and outsmarting ourselves has become a booming industry. Consultants and crisis communications specialists have become indispensable weapons in the war to sway public opinion. In many...
View ArticleHonduras: A Little Too Much Wishful Thinking, Way Too Many Loudmouths
In an interview published yesterday by Honduras' El Heraldo newspaper with well-known Honduran columnist and political analyst Juan Ramón MartÃnez, Mr. MartÃnez explained why he thought the socialist...
View ArticleDemocrats Renew the Call for 'First Class Citizenship' and Justice for All
This week, I visited the Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta with my Democratic National Committee delegation. The 1960s demand for "first class citizenship" echoes through the years as our...
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The UN Strikes Back at ISIL's Black Economy
ISIS Controlled Territories in Iraq and Syria. The United Nation Security Council dramatically escalated the conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Al Nusra Front (JNF) and other...
View ArticleIs It Time to Separate Islam From the Muslim World?
Amidst the ongoing violence in the region, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia prodded Muslims "to stand in the face of those trying to hijack Islam," alluding to the advance of the extremist group, the...
View ArticleUniversity of Illinois Repeals the First Amendment for Its Faculty
Late Friday afternoon (August 22), the University of Illinois broke its three-week long silence on the controversy regarding the Chancellor's revocation of a tenured offer to Steven Salaita, who had...
View ArticleSunday Roundup
This week was dominated by news from Ferguson -- but much of what was really happening went untold by the media. While TV viewers were mostly presented with endless images of tear gas, violence and...
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This Week in World War I August 22-28, 1914
Russian Prisoners and Equipment Captured at the Battle of Tannenberg The Eastern Front: Tannenberg & the Masurian Lakes The war on the Eastern Front began with the Austrian-Hungarian invasion of...
View ArticleMore than Race Fuels the 'Support Darren Wilson' Campaign
"Support Daren Wilson," these three words emblazoned at the top of the GoFundMe website in support of the Ferguson, Missouri cop that gunned down Michael Brown said it all. In the span of less than 48...
View ArticleWhy Health Care Costs So Much: Both Parties Suck at Teat of...
As one of an estimated 78 million baby boomers in this country, I was delighted to hear that Medicare's Hospital Trust Fund won't run out of money until 2030 -- 13 years later than projected in 2009,...
View ArticlePolice Shootings Are Becoming Less Random
"Shoot first, ask questions later" used to be a joke, meant to emphasize the idea of getting things done more efficiently by dealing with questions off the cuff. It meant doing something to solve a...
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