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  • The FBI’s Racialized Priorities Endangered Our Democracy [Medium]

    Where was the FBI in the months leading up to the violent siege on the Capitol? Among the many questions surrounding this week’s jarring events, this one reveals the extent to which double standards in law enforcement threaten our nation’s security. For weeks, Donald Trump’s … The FBI’s Racialized Priorities Endangered Our Democracy [Medium]

  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy of Empathy and Courage [Al Jazeera]

    Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life embodies the best of America. Her experiences of being a first-generation American, a religious minority, and a woman who overcame discrimination informed her jurisprudence. The grandchild of Jewish immigrants from Russia, Ginsburg understood how fear of violent pogroms caused her … Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy of Empathy and Courage [Al…

  • A Domestic Terror Law Could Quash Political Dissent in US [Al Jazeera]

    When President Trump announced his intention to designate Antifa as a domestic terrorist organisation, his disregard for the upsurge of white right-wing extremist violence was obvious. So, too, was his objective -quashing political opposition to his administration.   Antifa, short for anti-fascist, is a far-left ideological movement opposed to … A Domestic Terror Law Could Quash Political Dissent in…

  • U.S. Leadership Needed on Syrian Refugee Crisis [Wilson Center]

    Sixty percent of Syria’s population are either refugees or internally displaced.  Of those thirteen million Syrians, nearly six million are refugees who fled to neighboring Middle Eastern nations—five times more than the one million in Europe and the U.S.  Unable to return home and with minimal, if any, … U.S. Leadership Needed on Syrian Refugee Crisis [Wilson Center]

  • Trump’s Doublespeak in Saudi Arabia [CNN]

    If there’s one thing we’ve learned about Donald Trump, it is that he has no qualms about contradicting himself to get what he wants. In Saudi Arabia, he wanted a $110 billion arms deal – not to promote peace and tolerance, as he later proclaimed in his … Trump’s Doublespeak in Saudi Arabia [CNN]

  • Trump’s Immigrant Ban Part of a Long, Sad Tradition [Fox News]

    For all of his anti-establishment rhetoric, President Trump’s stance toward immigrants and Muslims is more of the same. Orientalism and Manifest Destiny have long animated American foreign policy and domestic treatment of its racial and religious minorities. Trump’s executive orders on Friday, effectively barring immigrants … Trump’s Immigrant Ban Part of a Long, Sad Tradition…

  • The Expanding Jurisdiction of Egypt’s Military Courts [Carnegie Sada Journal]

    Egypt’s ongoing expansion of military jurisdiction under the pretext of economic development and public safety is yet another indicator that its revolution was stillborn. Although the military has long been a key political player, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s regime has promoted the military to the helm … The Expanding Jurisdiction of Egypt’s Military Courts [Carnegie Sada…

  • Protest is Egypt’s Last Resort [New York Times]

    Nearly three years after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt is at a critical crossroads: Will it move toward democratization or regress into authoritarianism? With a vote on a new constitution slated for the next couple of months, and promises of parliamentary and presidential … Protest is Egypt’s Last Resort [New York Times]

  • Egypt and Other Arab Democracies Will Not Survive Without Including More Women [Christian Science Monitor]

    The Arab revolutions, and their aftermath, are a testament to the human spirit. In a matter of months, decades of corruption and injustice were confronted by the raw strength of women and men unified against a common dictator. Facing death, torture, and sexual assault at … Egypt and Other Arab Democracies Will Not Survive Without…