“Dear White People follows the lives of four black students at an Ivy League college. Students of color navigate the daily slights and slippery politics of life at an Ivy League college that’s not nearly as “post-racial” as it thinks.” Now on Netflicks. Issues related race, ethnicity and social class are simmering beneath the surface, […]

Our worldview determines how we treat the people around us and how we make sense of our life. We see the same things, the same colors, the same natural phenomena, but all of us experience these in different ways, and therefore we all understand their meaning in very different ways. Our grasp of the world […]

According to a report in Montreal newspaper La Presse, the number of Americans being denied entry to Canada is growing rapidly. In 2016, 31 percent more U.S. citizens have turned away than in the previous year. 30,233 American travelers were sent back from the border in 2016 compared to 23,052 in 2015. Back in 2014, […]

In the best case, journalists uncover what others try to hide from the public. In many countries, the press is called the ‘Fourth Estate’ because it can keep those in power accountable and from abusing their position, be it economic or political. It’s easy to see why journalists are not held in high esteem in […]

In just a decade, Netflix has grown from a video service with seven million U.S. subscribers to one that reaches 93 million people worldwide. Its growth and ability to break into well-established industries – first video rental, now television and film – is a rare accomplishment. In my book “Portals: A Treatise on Internet-Distributed Television,” […]

Last year five Native American tribes in Washington state managed to repatriate the remains of the “Ancient One,” as they called him, or “Kennewick Man,” as scientists called him. For the tribes, the Ancient One is to be revered as a human ancestor. But for the scientists, the rare specimen of a 9,000-year-old Kennewick Man […]

MERITOCRATIST “Cream rises to the top.” Meritocratists believe in the individualist credo: If you have the abilities and work hard enough, you can compete with anyone to make your dreams come true. Meritocratists disapprove of programs that use race, culture, ethnicity, class, gender or any cultural identity dimensions as criteria for an opportunity, believing instead […]

    by Niall McCarthy , Apr 19, 2017 Approximately 85,000 H-1B visas are issued every year and 100,000 more are extended or re-issued. Some of America’s biggest tech companies including Google, Intel and Microsoft, are highly reliant on skilled foreign workers placed through the scheme. They are more than likely breathing sighs of relief […]

The America we live in today was built on a long tradition of democratic practices, but the origin of these principles was not all sunshine and roses. In fact, democratic traditions arose out of oppressive European societies that deprived people of their basic human rights and freedom of religion. In the 17th century Europe, only […]