Editors’ Picks
The World Reduced: The Danger of Soundbite Culture
“When the primary and general elections come around, individuals will be going to the voting booth with seven seconds of opinion rather than ten minutes of substantive discussion.”
The Year of a Not-so Radical Change
The Jubilee Year has a long tradition in the Catholic Church, but the announcement of a simplified process for forgiving those who participated in the process of obtaining an abortion is revolutionary. Or so it appears.
More Money, More Problems: How Do We Fix Campaign Finance?
In the upcoming 2016 election, campaign finance is quickly becoming a campaign issue. Donald Trump has repeatedly brought voters amusing images of his fellow Republican candidates begging the Koch brothers for donations. On the other side of the aisle, Bernie Sanders has…
Finding Refuge As the Tides Rise : The Climate Migration Crisis
In May of 2014, Ioane Teitiota, a 38 year old man from the small island nation of Kiribati, made the world’s first climate changerelated refugee appeal. Overnight, Kiribati became the face o of climate change migration. Surrounded on all sides by the…
A Message of Solidarity from the Editors and Staff of The Politic
The Politic recognizes that this moment is not a debate. It is a time for our community to confront a fact: students and teachers of color do not receive the respect they deserve on this campus.
An Interview with Rosemary DiCarlo, Jackson Institute Senior Fellow and Career Diplomat
When I was working at the U.S. mission, in the morning I could be doing Yemen, then Ukraine in the middle of the day, and Syria at the end.
Out of the Tunisian Blue: The Change-Makers Behind the Scenes
At a time when Libya has become a failed state, Syria has become a humanitarian catastrophe, and Yemen has become a foreign powers’ battleground, Tunisia serves as a welcome relief. Today, Tunisia, the pioneer of the grandiose Arab Spring, is…
No Haven for the Homeless
There are ways to challenge the dehumanization of the homeless, starting from within the ivory tower itself.