Foreign Policy: Karina Piser on race in France
A new highly critical report by France’s human rights watchdog has energized the country’s conversation on race, especially after large protests supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, Karina Piser (France, 2017-2019) writes in Foreign Policy. In his report, the human rights ombudsman Jacques Toubon said discrimination is “systemic,” a new criticism in official France, which
ELLE: Pramila Jayapal answers 20 questions
Jayapal speaks about her new book, "Use the Power You Have: A Brown Woman’s Guide to Politics and Political Change."
Robbie Corey-Boulet wins NLGJA book prize
Acclaim for former ICWA fellow's book Love Falls on Us: A Story of American Ideas and African LGBT Lives.
The American Scholar: Hannah Armstrong on quagmire in Western Sahara
For more than four decades, the Sahrawi people have called for international recognition of their state-in-exile, without success.
The Nation: Karina Piser on child hunger
The number of American children who do not get enough to eat has risen to unprecedented levels during the Covid-19 pandemic.
CNN: Emily Schultheis on Poland’s Covid-19 election
The United States can learn a good deal from Poland's messy, postponed presidential election during the coronavirus pandemic.
Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on the theft of a gangster’s horse
The stallion's story says a lot about the breakdown of Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation in the face of plans to annex parts of the West Bank.
Foreign Policy: Neri Zilber on Israeli annexation buzz
Any move to make Israeli rule over the West Bank permanent would send shockwaves through the region.
AFAR: Nicholas Schmidle on Belgrade cuisine
The Serbian capital glories in its traditions, which make for delicious dining.
Former fellow William Mattox dies
An arctic geographer and bird of prey naturalist, Bill established the Greenland Peregrine Falcon Survey.