Editor's note: In light of the December 2019 Conservative electoral landslide in the UK and its impact on the future of Britain, Brexit, and the EU, we are re-publishing this article -- originally written July 3, 2016 -- to provide important context about what Brexit means today. Thursday 72% of the adult population of the UK voted in what has been dubbed one of the most … [Read more...]
How Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Created the Manchester Attacks
The weather app had predicted sunshine, but the sky was crying and helped by a bottle of white wine, I was crying too. Manchester, the city of my childhood, had been attacked and the victims were children. At the close of an Ariana Grande concert, a suicide bomber pressed the detonator and blew himself up along with twenty-two others. Those who rushed to help spoke of … [Read more...]
