Opinion
Not Your Father’s Colonies: The Changing Face of Modern Colonialism
Colonialism’s still here, but it’s not what it used to be—and the countries keeping us focused on the old definition, and old issues, are the same ones whose actions we should really be keeping a careful eye on today.
“Another Justice”
In 15 years on the bench, Chief Justice John Roberts has managed to gradually strike at the heart of the last century of American jurisprudence and rescue the 19th century court.
American Division Transcends the 2020 Election
Through all the happiness around Biden’s electoral win, Americans have to realize Trump’s presidency reveals a deeper division among Americans that Biden simply won’t be able to fix.
Interested in Understanding Iran? Watch AppleTV’s “Tehran”
To understand the existential issues facing Iran, you could do worse than to catch the new AppleTV show “Tehran.”
TMI?: Amazon’s Journey Through the World of Big Data
Nowhere in this story does Amazon enhance consumer welfare; it neither offers a better product to consumers nor a better service to other merchants. The company takes the data it gets from the small businesses it hosts and weaponizes that data against them.
#EndSARS and #BLM: Exploring Police Brutality’s Colonial Legacy
When viewed together, these campaigns raise questions about the role of policing in societies, permanently scarred by the horrors of their own past.
On the Most Disrespected Person in America
In 1962, human rights activist Malcolm X expressed the plight of being a Black woman as that of the most disrespected, unprotected, and neglected American. 58 years later, the same sentiments unfortunately remain all too familiar.
A Catch-22
In today’s political climate, when allegiance to party trumps allegiance to oath, the long-term effect of increasing the number of justices to the Supreme Court is foreseeable: a political tit-for-tat will, inevitably, ensue.