With Cultural Integration, ‘People Will Always Need to Create Others‘
Aug 16, 2017 In "Behaving Badly: The New Morality in Politics, Sex and Business," the author unravels how we make moral choices in our ethically flexible age.Malcolm X Identified ‘Psychological Warfare’ Tactics Used Against African-Americans and Muslims
Oct 11, 2016 Muslims were a polarizing subject in the United States long before the 2016 presidential race. In this 1963 interview, the civil rights leader discussed the nature of Islam and power of propaganda.VIDEO: So You Aren’t Racist. Good, but It’s Not Enough.
Jan 13, 2016 Nonracism is a “moral stance, an entire code for living your life and dealing with all the injustice in the world by not doing a damn thing,” says author Marlon James.
In Dark Times, Poetry Can Enlighten Us
Dec 17, 2015 Artists are coming together to commemorate victims of violence and create bridges between America and the Middle East.
VIDEO: University of Missouri President Resigns Amid Protests Over Racial Intolerance
Nov 10, 2015 Tim Wolfe’s statement of resignation included a remarkable testament to the power of smart, direct-action protest.
Facial Hair, Patriotism and the Enemy in American History
Jun 5, 2014 Here are good mustaches and beards and bad mustaches and beards as imagined in American popular culture and war propaganda, as a way of contextualizing today’s hero-worship of the backwoods conservatives of "Duck Dynasty" and villainization of the backwoods conservatives of the Taliban.
Being Gay
Sep 9, 2012 Being gay was an expression of nonconformity that had less to do with an urge to proclaim my affection for one type of sex over another than a desire to lodge a formal protest against convention.
Obama Defends Ground Zero Mosque Plans
Aug 14, 2010 President Obama has come out strongly in defense of controversial plans to erect a mosque near Ground Zero in New York City. Muslims, the president said, have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else.
Secret Tape Shows Tory Gay-Bashing
Apr 4, 2010 A secretly made tape has brought the right-leaning Tory party of the U.K. into a row over gay rights, as the shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling, was caught saying that he believed that bed-and-breakfast owners should "have the right" to reject homosexual couples from lodging.
Racial Row in Freemasonry
Jul 3, 2009 Not only are the Freemasons a bit weird, some are also a bit racist. The admittance of Victor Marshall, a 26-year-old African American, to a chapter in Atlanta last year caused many Georgian Freemasons to seek to revoke the charter of Marshall's chapter, sparking a legal battle over equality in this new "post-racial" world.
