Growing up during the divisive Vietnam War era, political discussions at the dinner table were the norm. True to their […]
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Celebrating Berlin’s East Side Gallery
This week Berliners have been celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This concrete barrier, which split the city […]
Kurds: “We have no friends but the mountains”
This week, following the Trump Administration’s betrayal of a long-time Middle East ally, I received a message containing these words […]
The ART of Politics
While the Trump era has provided endless opportunities for journalists to come up with fresh ways to report on domestic […]
And our STRUGGLE continues…
The message Sinead O’Conner delivered in her dramatic performance on Saturday Night Live back in 1992 is just as powerful […]
The Disunited States of Fear
Here we are again (and again and again and again…[queue the refrain]…) in the aftermath of more mass murders in […]
I come from a “shit-hole”
For a different take on recent American history–
Don’t Say You’re An ‘American’
We are conditioned so effectively to play artificial roles that we mistake them for our true nature. Jean–Jacques John, an expat who recently relocated to Colombia, approached the desk at the […]
The Geography of Climate Change
In a recent study published in the journal Science, “Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States,” researchers […]
Art and Ideology in Hitler’s Third Reich
Traditionally artists have provided a mirror image of the societies in which they lived, often being at the forefront of […]
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