Jerusalem: securing spaces in holy places
Palestinian Protest Against Security Measures at Al-Aqsa Mosque. 25 July 2017. NurPhoto/SIPA USA/PA Images. All rights reserved.A fatal attack on 14 July 2017 at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound and the…
If you're not yet radical, you haven't been paying attention
There seems to be a consensus that we are in a political crisis. I don’t dispute the claim, but I would suggest that this crisis predates Brexit by a long…
President Donald Trump Will Enjoy A Kendrick Lamar Performance At The College Football Championship
On Monday night, Donald Trump is expected to sit through a performance by Kendrick Lamar — renowned hip-hop star and Black Lives Matter advocate. Trump will be attending the College…
US secrecy and transparency in the use of lethal force
Click:Cat Plush Toy with Matatabi Image credit: Daniel GreenfeldThis article was first published on Just Security Much of the news in the first few months of the Trump administration has…
Congress Is Preparing To Tackle The Higher Education Act. Here’s What It Could Mean For You.
For the first time in nearly a decade, the United States Congress is about to take up legislation to upgrade the Higher Education Act — the federal law that governs…
Spain: shall we talk?
A crowd demonstrates in favour of Spanish-Catalan dialogue in Madrid, Spain, 7 October 2017 under the slogan 'Hablamos?' ('Let's speak?').Carola Frentzen/Press Association. All rights reserved.Something quite remarkable is happening in…
Deerfield, Illinois, Approves A Ban On The Manufacture, Sale, And Possession Of Assault Weapons
THE GOOD NEWS: A Chicago suburb has voted to ban assault weapons in its community. In the aftermath of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,…
Scandinavian Nazis on the march again
Tore Hund spears Olaf at the battle of Stiklestad, Peter Nicolai Arbo, 1859. Wikicommons. Some rights reserved.A mere week after Norway commemorated the six years that have passed since the…
The NBA Is Bracing Itself For Possible Protests
There is no easy solution for the NBA when it comes to potential protests that could take place during the national anthem. Commissioner Adam Silver and NBPA president Michele Roberts…
We just want to stop pleading
September 20, 2017. Flowers and a banner reading ' I want to vote' on the floor as Spanish Guardia Civil police officers stand guard close to Catalan Governance Ministry in…