Oregon is hacking a new trail into uncharted gender territory. The state recently announced that residents will be allowed to choose a third “X” gender on driver’s licenses. The change is designed to represent those who consider themselves as non-binary, intersex or agender. Non-binary refers to those who identify as neither male nor female, intersex […]

On the eve of the NBA Finals, superstar LeBron James found the “N-word” spray painted on his home. Not even James, with all his wealth, fame and success, is exempt from being attacked with classic racist slurs. In the United States, blackness is stamped with centuries-old images and ideas that assign it to perpetual “last […]

The word cosmopolitan comes from the Greek, and means “citizen of the world.” Cosmopolitanism refers to the view that all human beings are ultimately part of one community and can interact and live together productively with certain shared basic standards of social and political behavior. Cosmopolitanism proposes a universalistic, open-minded way of living in the […]

How are women viewed in different countries across the world? Views fluctuate massively depending on where you live with Russians particularly negative about women’s responsibilities in the government or companies. Only 34 percent of people in Russia say things would work better if women held positions with responsibilities in government or companies while 69 percent […]

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for two attacks that claimed at least 12 lives in Iran on Wednesday. With this, the flaring tensions between Sunnis and Shias are once again in the news.Iran is a Shia Muslim majority state often in tension with Sunni states and extremist groups like the Islamic State or al-Qaeda. […]

In his article for Vox entitled, Cosmopolitanism must win the war, or we’re screwed, David Roberts of Vox, David argues that Cosmopolitanism is a worldview that we cannot afford to minimize or discard. David writes that: “It is through the cosmopolitan impulse that we construct stable, transpartisan institutions and norms that enable us to set […]

My daughter Maya now 10, discovered fashion last year on her 9th birthday. In the year that’s past, I’ve learned, “If you can’t beat ’em join ’em” applies 1000% to trying to dress your girl child. Evidence: the perfectly fashionable in-my-eyes sleek, valore, black pants that sat lonely in the drawer, all year, unworn. “Maya, […]