The Clock is Ticking, but on Trump not TikTok

TikTok, the app that Americans have come to either love or hate, is the most popular social media app in the U.S. right now. Originally known as the lip-syncing app Musical.ly, TikTok has become a cultural emblem of Gen Z, with 60 percent of its users falling in the age group.  Like other social media platforms […]

What Are We To Make of Trump’s Airstrike?

“No child of God should ever suffer such horror” said a sober Donald Trump, justifying his decision to launch a targeted airstrike just hours ago. But what are we to make of this action? After all, it wasn’t all that long ago that the now Commander-in-Chief masqueraded as an isolationist – keen on criticizing both […]

The Refugee Opportunity

As President Trump’s revised travel ban (EO 13780) sits in limbo after being blocked by federal courts, human rights and refugee aid groups point to the particularly bad timing of the order’s 120-day suspension of the US Refugee Admissions Program, which is the largest refugee resettlement program in the world. The refugee crisis is at […]