#Read Up and Celebrate NYC Immigrant Heritage Week!
April 21, 2017
This week is NYC Immigrant Heritage Week! Here is a list of good reads that’ll get you appreciating the city, the people, and our history.
Month: April 2017
From the March for Science to an Abolitionist Science
April 20, 2017
—Britt Rusert
An abolitionist science moves beyond generic defenses of science in an age of populist skepticism and backlash, requiring an evaluation of different types of science and an excavation of their specific relationships to forms of power and exploitation.
Don’t Bring a Test Tube to a Gun Fight
April 19, 2017
—Antony Alumkal
The March for Science is a response to politically motivated efforts to undermine scientific research and ignore scientific evidence when crafting public policy. Science is under increasingly heavy political fire, and the March for Science indicates that scientists plan to fire back.
Animus and Animus in the Trump Muslim Bans
April 4, 2017
—William D. Araiza
The Trump immigration orders have encountered judicial pushback on several grounds, most notably on the ground that they reflect “animus” against Islam.