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Syrian refugees arrive on Lesbos. Demotix/Björn Kietzmann. All rights reserved.Over thirty years ago Michel Foucault spoke to the refugee crisis of his day. Today another refugee crisis, the largest since WWII, is spilling out from Syria and North Africa. And tomorrow, Foucault anticipated, there will be yet another current crisis. The eternal return In his …
On Monday, the news of yet another school shooting rocked people to their core. This time, a teacher and a student were senselessly killed in the California community of San Bernardino, which was also the site of a horrific 2015 terror attack. Karen Elaine Smith, 53, and Jonathan Martinez, 8, both died Monday at the hands of a man …
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after Friday prayer in Istanbul. Demotix/ Sahan Nuhoglu. All rights reserved.(Istanbul)–As the EU bends over backward to get Turkey to accept a deal to prevent Syrian and other refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants from leaving its shores or crossing its western borders, it’s worth thinking hard about what’s at stake. Whatever …
For a long time, medieval medicine has been dismissed as irrelevant. This time period is popularly referred to as the “Dark Ages,” which erroneously suggests that it was unenlightened by science or reason. However, some medievalists and scientists are now looking back to history for clues to inform the search for new antibiotics. The …
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Zombies. Flickr/Lindsey Turner. Some rights reserved.In his book Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism[1] the US American public intellectual Henry Giroux examines the emergence of the culture of sadism, cruelty, disposability, and death in America. His metaphor, the Zombie, is a pertinent one: dead but not quite, the Zombie does not …
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"Shame on you Orban" rally in Budapest,September 2015. Demoted/ Martin Juen. All rights reserved.In Hungary, the radical right spearheaded by Fidesz is exploiting the refugee crisis for political gain. Through a politics of fear, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is fashioning himself as the defender of the nation and European Christian civilization. While Orbán’s xenophobic campaign …
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Our first paychecks are often the most memorable. In this GOOD Money series, people share the details of their first career splurge—the first time they made real money and how they spent it. In high school, all the wealthy girls had one thing in common: They smelled good. The distinctive notes of Clinique—citrusy, beachy—and Burberry Brit—upscale …
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Quito, Ecuador. Flickr. Some rights reserved. A strong state. This is one of President Rafael Correa’s successes: the return of the state as a major economic player. Such is the perception, and in the regime’s early years there probably was some reason for thinking that this was indeed the case. The reality today, however, is …
The longest winning streak in college sports history came to an end this past weekend. The University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team’s run of 111 straight victories ended with a last-second overtime loss to Mississippi State during the Women’s Final Four tournament. The lady Huskies remain the most successful college sports program in the country, …
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It’s a brunch conversation/rant happening among women all around the world, and it goes a little something like this: “It costs so much more to be a woman! And it’s not fair!” The lack of fairness? Those stats have always been there: Women have long earned less than men, and that gap isn’t closing fast enough. But the …
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