The Long View in Granada
A mosque rises in Granada. And in this place once known for a mingling of religions tensions sometimes rise, too.
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Give Me Liberty or Something Else
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CalExit gets all the headlines, but the stubborn New England states are home to plenty of secessionist tendencies, too.
Antifascism and the Left’s Fear of Power
May 16, 2018
This article has been adapted from a talk delivered at Purdue University on April 18, 2018, hosted by the Purdue chapter of the Campus Antifascist Network.
In the United States today people tend to squirm with profound discomfort, if not sneer with outright revulsion, when they ...
Giuliani’s Pooch
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Othering the Godman
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The only thing "Wild Wild Country" leaves out is the entirety of the Indian side of the story.
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What So Proudly We Hailed
May 11, 2018
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Dealbreaker
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Human Inhuman
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A Telling Moment
“This is not a very beautiful city,” the young activist driving me from the train station to the campus of the University of Zaragoza said apologetically as soon as we were in the car. She was right. I had just left Granada, redolent with orange blossoms and Moorish ...