Acting on Guilt: The Campaigns to “Save Darfur”

by Selena Simmons-Duffin
It’s precisely because activism can make a difference that we need to be honest with ourselves when we assess what has succeeded, what hasn’t, and what has had unanticipated side effects.- Alex de Waal, Fellow of the Global Equity Initiative at Harvard   
Every once in a while, a violent conflict in a far off [...]

Against God and Country

by Gabriel Winant
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The Death of the Historical Jesus

By Nick Benavides
Being a Christian in the United States today entails more than just having a set of beliefs about God and the afterlife. In many cases church membership implies holding conservative positions on a number of political and social issues including abortion, homosexuality and gay marriage, attitudes towards the government, the “war on [...]

When the Going Gets Tough

By Gabriel Winant
In the world of politics, masculinity has gone rabid. Machista strongmen flex their muscles on a world stage that increasingly resembles L.A.’s Muscle Beach. While Putin consolidates power in the name of order, Ahmadinejad rattles his scimitar at the corrupt West, Nigerian men threaten to stone to death Nigerian women, Orthodox Jews are [...]