How Mainstream Media Strategies Enable Political Propaganda
Are the strategies of the mainstream media being employed against them to further the spread of political propaganda?
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China’s Escalating Repression of the Uyghurs
In recent months, China’s crackdown on the Uyghurs of northwest China’s Xinjiang province has ramped up, with Uyghur people being detained en masse. China’s heavy-handed rule over the Muslim minority Uyghurs of the Xinjiang Province in northwest China has taken a further authoritarian turn of late. In recent months, thousands of Uyghurs in the region […]
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Celebrating Blackness in the Royal Wedding: A Step Back For a Post-Race Society?
There is a valuable lesson in the celebration of black culture at the royal wedding. It would be a tragedy to dismiss its significance as identity politics.
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Mohamed Hisham, A Public Atheist In Egypt | Troy Garnaut
Mohamed Hisham, an Egyptian atheist incurred the wrath of Egypt’s conservative Muslim population when he spoke publicly about his atheism on live TV. by Troy Garnaut “I am Mohamed Hisham, and I am a public atheist in Egypt.” The weary but determined eyes of a young man look into the camera as the asylum plea […]
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Review: A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey
James Comey's recent book 'A Higher Loyalty' was released with much fanfare. But does the book tell us anything new about the Trump administration?
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France: The Inability of a Secular State to Protect Secularists
Despite living in one of the most secular countries worldwide, ex-Muslim secularists in France still face hate speech, death threats, and an idle government. Waleed Al-Husseini founded the Council of Ex-Muslims of France. He escaped the Palestinian Authority after torture and imprisonment in Palestine, fleeing to Jordan and then France. He is an ex-Muslim and […]
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The Problem of Technological Stagnation | Taylor James Blake
Under what conditions does technological stagnation occur? As we battle various challenges what can history teach us about who poses a threat to progress? When does technological stagnation begin? Is it the day after new technology is created? I believe it to be defined by the point at which every problem begins to look more […]
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The Walled Cities of Academia Damage Young Academics
The world of academia is supposed to provide the tools through which academics enlighten, develop, and improve the world. However, is that always the case? By Kyrie Mason In a discussion with psychologist Jordan Peterson, art critic Camille Paglia briefly mentions a woman who wrote to her describing how she had been scoffed out of […]
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Africa: Making the Case for a Sea Change in Thinking
To overcome African malaise, there must be a reexamination of existing institutions, and widespread adoption of critical, creative and productive modes of thinking. There is a problem in Africa and is a problem of the mind – a problem of how mental faculties are exercised. The issue is not that Africans do not think. They […]
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Why ‘British Values’ Aren’t Good Enough | Dan Fisher
Reliance on British values is that rare combination of nationalistic and cowardly, a petty patriotism which risks making the world less safe.
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