Brexit and the election of Donald J. Trump in the United States have energized some extreme European parties that are seeking to overturn the established political order.[1] Carl Bildt wrote in a Washington Post article that Trump’s victory could mark “the end of the West as we know it.”[2] Was he talking about the end […]
Shayera Dark: The trouble with violence is that it begets violence as evinced by the recent shooting of five Dallas policemen by Micah Johnson, an African-American man, following the killing of two African-Americans (Alton Sherling and Philando Castile) by police officers a few days prior. While none of the deaths are justifiable, it can be […]
Earlier this month, 37 year old Alton Sterling was shot and killed outside a convenience store in Louisiana where he sold unlicensed DVDs. He was unarmed. Within the week, the news would break of 32 year old Philando Castile who had been shot four times by police forces while he reached for his license and […]
Lucia Wagner In the last few months, the world has been faced with the classic car-wreck analogy, unfolding before our eyes. We are exasperated and can’t bring ourselves to watch the clown-car political process unfold, yet we cannot tear our eyes away- all the while we are equally horrified. The US election season monopolizes the […]
