United States/Canada
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Crossing Borders, Looking Over Walls
March 14, 2016 -
The new video “Khaled’s Ladder” documents the journey of multidisciplinary artist Khaled Jarrar along the U.S.-Mexico border and the making of his new work that takes the border wall as its raw material. More -
Privacy Is Over: Time to Embrace Total Transparency
February 25, 2016 -
The encryption debate has brought together Apple and the ACLU in a fight to preserve privacy. But it’s time to radically rethink privacy and secure it the only way we have left: by letting it go. More -
Public Empathy Must Not Be Reserved Only for “Perfect Victims”
February 12, 2016 -
From George Zimmerman to Daniel Holtzclaw, aggressors have relied on the “perfect victim” narrative to escape punishment for violence against Black people. More -
Egypt Five Years Later: The Failures of Another US-Backed Dictatorship
January 22, 2016 -
On the eve of the five-year anniversary of Egypt’s revolution, a look back on what’s changed, what hasn’t, and what the US has done to help secure yet another repressive regime. More -
Tricks and TRAPs: New Laws Threaten Reproductive Rights in the Name of “Women’s Health”
January 20, 2016 -
Think Roe v Wade guarantees a woman’s right to choose whether to have an abortion? In statehouses around the country, lawmakers are using seemingly mundane regulations to restrict access to abortion and reproductive care. More