Violence without justice: Mexico’s War and its consequences
A soldier holds his gun while patrolling from a vehicle in Morelia in Mexico's Michoacan state. AP Photo/Carlos Jasso. All rights reserved. Mexico’s so-called war on drugs has not ended.…
What Special Education Teachers Wish You Knew
Working long hours, using your own money to pay for classroom materials, and struggling to engage students who are ready for summer vacation—yes, doing all that makes teaching a tough…
Climate science: revolution is here
Elan valley, Wales. Flickr/Richard Walker. Some rights reserved.Heatwaves of more than 50⁰C in Iraq and India in recent weeks are yet further indications that climate disruption is a present-day reality,…
What’s The Price of Happiness? It Depends On Where You Live
Seven years ago, scientists found an answer to the question plaguing mankind for generations: What’s the true cost of happiness? In their Nobel Prize-winning study, economist Angus Deaton and psychologist Daniel Kahneman determined…
Foreword to ‘Is segregation increasing in the UK?’ by Ted Cantle and Eric Kauffman
Graduation day at Bradford University, July 2016. Flickr/Tim Green. Some rights reserved.During a year in which our country has seemed more divided than at any point in modern history, there…
Sobriety As A Social Movement
It was a spring evening in 2011. I was sharing an inflatable mattress in the back of my friend’s truck. We were midway through Coachella when a group of Irish tourists car-camped in the plot behind…
This World-Famous Public School Choir Just Made Lin-Manuel Miranda Cry
Type the words “Hamilton cover” in the search box on YouTube and you’ll discover there are roughly 6,710,000 videos there of people belting out the hit Broadway musical’s songs — some…
The June 1981 coup: the stolen narrative of the Iranian revolution
Demila Rouseff calls her impeachment a coup d’état. Many academics and political experts agree that the old guard and corrupt capitalist elite in Brazil have overthrown the president, despite the…
Tapping New Orleans’ Haunted History To Give Student Voices A Boost
From the ghosts of tortured slaves at LaLaurie House in the French Quarter, to the spirits said to lurk in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans has a reputation…
Papua New Guinea High Court ruling: the asylum seeker detention centre on Manus Island must close
May, 2013: Iranian asylum seekers caught in Indonesian waters while sailing to Australia, sit on a boat in Bali, while Australia is in talks. Firdia Lisnawati / Press Association. All…