The shocking dimensions of China’s repression in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region are now beyond dispute. In early 2017, after spending years perfecting a high-tech surveillance regime…… Read more “Uighur Poets on Repression and Exile | by Joshua L. Freeman | The New York Review of Books”
Tag: Human Rights
Matt Zwolinski | A moral case for Universal Basic Income | The Critic Magazine
Precisely how large a UBI should be, who exactly should be eligible to receive it, and how it should be financed and distributed are, of course, important…… Read more “Matt Zwolinski | A moral case for Universal Basic Income | The Critic Magazine”
The hypocrisy of Noam Chomsky | The New Criterion
There’s a famous definition in the Gospels of the hypocrite, and the hypocrite is the person who refuses to apply to himself the standards he applies to…… Read more “The hypocrisy of Noam Chomsky | The New Criterion”
How can the human rights community respond to severe political polarization? | OpenGlobalRights
Severe political polarization is tearing at the seams of democracies around the world, with dangerous consequences for our societies, institutions, and human rights. — Read on http://www.openglobalrights.org/how-can-the-human-rights-community-respond-to-severe-political-polarization/
A Life-Saving Philosophy Professor (guest post by Arthur Ward) – Daily Nous
On February 20th, just last week, I donated my left kidney to a stranger. Because of my donation, two other people agreed to donate their kidneys as…… Read more “A Life-Saving Philosophy Professor (guest post by Arthur Ward) – Daily Nous”
“We wear the mask”: Todd Phillips’ Joker and Paul Laurence Dunbar – BLARB
We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding…… Read more ““We wear the mask”: Todd Phillips’ Joker and Paul Laurence Dunbar – BLARB”
Lying in Politics: Reflections on The Pentagon Papers | by Hannah Arendt | The New York Review of Books
“The picture of the world’s greatest superpower killing or seriously injuring a thousand non-combatants a week, while trying to pound a tiny backward nation into submission on…… Read more “Lying in Politics: Reflections on The Pentagon Papers | by Hannah Arendt | The New York Review of Books”
Celebrate Florence Nightingale’s 200th Birthday With Exhibit Featuring Her Famed Lamp, Pet Owl | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
In 1854, Florence Nightingale arrived at a military hospital in Scutari, near Constantinople, to tend British soldiers wounded during the Crimean War. Appalled by the conditions—rodents and…… Read more “Celebrate Florence Nightingale’s 200th Birthday With Exhibit Featuring Her Famed Lamp, Pet Owl | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine”
A Guide to Hope-Based Communications | OpenGlobalRights
Hope is a pragmatic strategy, informed by history, communications experts, organizers neuroscience and cognitive linguistics. It can be applied to any strategy or campaign. By grounding your…… Read more “A Guide to Hope-Based Communications | OpenGlobalRights”
From revolution to bureaucratization: human rights law becomes central to global health governance | OpenGlobalRights
Given the dramatic development of human rights under international law and the proliferation of global institutions for public health, it is essential to understand the implementation of…… Read more “From revolution to bureaucratization: human rights law becomes central to global health governance | OpenGlobalRights”
