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Remembering the Radicalism of Frederick Douglass

Remembering the Radicalism of Frederick Douglass

—Nicholas Buccola
For Douglass, the fundamental principle at stake was not the rule of law, but the natural rights of the individual. After all, the rule of law is not worth loving for its own sake, but rather because we deem it to be a crucial safeguard of our rights.

Sipping on the Indian haterade

Sipping on the Indian haterade

—Stanley Thangaraj
The small segments of South Asian Americans who support Trump, particularly Hindu fundamentalists and nationalists, seek wages from that relationship that will not secure rights for the rest of South Asian America, especially Muslim Americans.

Intersexy Fat

Intersexy Fat

—Georgiann Davis
Aside from the inability to hide my fatness, being intersex and fat aren’t all that different for they overlap in the shadows of the “ideal” body.

Burkinis in France and hijabs in Canada and Scotland: why so different?

Burkinis in France and hijabs in Canada and Scotland: why so different?

—Moustafa Bayoumi
At the same time that the burkini bans were spreading and raising hackles around the world, Canada and Scotland also passed laws to allow Muslim female police officers to don hijabs as part of their official uniforms. How do we explain the difference between France on the one hand and Canada and Scotland on the other?