Category / 2018 / Bodies / International

Articles from February 2018’s theme, “Bodies.”

  • The Resurrection of Former Communist Leaders

    Noted civil rights activist and feminist scholar Dr. Angela Davis gave a lecture at Washington University in St. Louis on Jan. 24. She spoke about how American society continually allows sexual predators positions of power through not giving women the respect that they deserved as human beings. Her speech visibly moved the audience, which erupted…

  • I Support Israel. The Jerusalem Capital Declaration Was Wrong

    Trump’s December announcement that the U.S. would move its embassy to Jerusalem and recognize the city as Israel’s official capital reversed decades of U.S. policy and has yielded more questions than answers. Even though the administration still claims to value the possibility of a two-state solution, this declaration is a clear statement of one-sided support.…

  • Don’t Lose The Fights You Pick

    Breaking news cascades at a breakneck pace in this interminable 24-hours news cycle. Scandals come and go in the blink of an eye. Political careers are ended left, right, and center. The global order seems to teeter on the edge of catastrophe. As engaged citizens, one must take the time to filter, analyze, and contextualize…

  • The Reality of the Fake News Hysteria

    Since the 2016 election, “fake news” has become a stunningly popular topic among politicians in America and around the world. As of November 2017, the term’s usage had increased by 365 percent since 2016. Donald Trump played a major role in its popularization, with his attacks on the media often laced with the term “fake…

  • World Order and American Interest

    International order, narrowly defined, means “the body of rules, norms, and institutions that govern relations among key players in the international environment.” Such rules, norms, and institutions include trade deals, security norms, networks, and alliances. The current international order arose after World War II and was shaped subsequently by the Cold War and the collapse…

  • The Cultural Revolution, Forgotten

    What does it mean when a body disappears? What causes the disappearance? Death comes to mind first, but that’s not quite right. When somebody dies, their body is usually memorialized via a grave, a cremation, some sort of memorial service, a crypt, or any other kind of memorial. Sometimes, however, those memories themselves disappear. What…

  • What Is Ours Is Not Yours

    0.3/5.1 whole. Bought for a price from the motherland, a value has been assigned to blacks since our ancestors were taken from Africa on a one-way trip. Throughout the course of American history, white people have always undervalued the worth of black people. In WWI, the army used the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Regiment) as fodder…