• Why Climate Fiction Has Gone Viral
    June 17, 2014
    Originally published in Publishing Perspectives . The debate on global warming between deniers and believers has been going on for years...
  • CUNY's Luxury Chancellor
    June 15, 2014
    CUNY's chancellor has new digs, and they don't come cheap. James Milliken, who took over as chief executive for The City University of New...
  • A Disposable Life
    June 13, 2014
    Almost two weeks ago, I saw the image of two young girls suspended from the mango tree. It was a macabre image full of agony. Men, women...
  • Some Men and Some Other Men
    June 11, 2014
    I was enraged by a recent opinion piece published by The Washington Post . My thoughts are on fire. The article originally titled, "One way...
  • Iraq has been Broken
    June 11, 2014
    Today, an Iraqi interior ministry official said, "The city of Mosul is outside the control of the state and at the mercy of the militants...
  • India under the Media Rape Watch
    June 10, 2014
    The recent rape and murder of two teenage girls from Katra Saadatganj, Budaun district in north India has sparked shock and outrage across...
  • The African Origins of Brazilian Cuisine
    June 4, 2014
    Originally published in Africa.Redux . The rich melting pot of African, European and indigenous culture permeates nearly every facet of...
  • Domesticating Nuclear Weapons
    June 3, 2014
    Vegetarians sometimes challenge meat-eaters to open their eyes and take a good look at the process that reduces animals to food. But few...
  • Maya Angelou: Rest in Power
    May 29, 2014
    Maya Angelou, poet laureate and author of notable works including And Still I Rise and I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings passed away on May...
  • The Willful Thickheadedness About Race Relations
    May 29, 2014
    Ta Ne-Hisi Coates' articles for The Atlantic , usually focused on his experiences of American race relations, almost always light up the...