Anti-Vaxxers and the Persistent Myth of Harmful Vaccinations
In this interview with Conatus News, Claire Klingenberg discusses vaccinations and the "anti-vaxxer" movement.
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Africa’s Achilles’ Heel: Superstition and the Imperative of Critical Inquiry
Africa’s inability to move on from superstitious beliefs and toward critical inquiry is preventing the continent from keeping up with the rest of the world. A lot has been said and written about Africa and the continent’s inextricable bind to superstitions. Anthropologists have documented cases of unyielding magical manifestations and interpretations of reality. They have […]
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Capitalism’s Imperatives In The Tobacco, Alcohol, Food & Soda Industries Undermine Health. Here’s How
Why do over 15 million people die prematurely each year due to noncommunicable diseases (NCD), and what can be done about that?
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Why Is The British State So Heavy Handed With Activists Critical of Islam?
Technically, the treatment meted out by the British State to those strongly critical of Islam is legal. But is the reaction proportional or unreasonable? Do those who criticise Islam deserve to be imprisoned? One may expect to hear news like this from Islamic countries, but you might be surprised to know that governments in the […]
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Will the Rise of Sinophobia Backfire on the Islamic World?
With China’s ascendancy to global superpower status, incidences of anti-Chinese sentiment are sure to increase. However, China will not remain idle. In the far West of China lies the region of Xinjiang, also referred to as East Turkestan. Xinjiang is the traditional homeland of the Uyghur people, a Turkic ethnic group with an identity, culture, […]
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