In a Class of Their Own
My Facebook timeline is cluttered with news stories from around the world. The American outlets I follow – Politico, the New York Times,...
Parkland Shooting: Something’s Different this Time Around, But Why?
Last week’s school shooting in Parkland, FL was the deadliest since Sandy Hook in 2012. In the six years between these tragedies, there...
How Columbia Students Can Respond to the Issue of Gun Violence on School Campuses
Following the school shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14, high-school and college-aged students...
Looking Up to the Land Down Under for Gun Control
Following the biweekly mass shooting in the United States, the discussion begins again on old ground, one split along largely ideological...
Jill Lepore: What the history of the NRA can tell us about our relationship to the Second Amendment
The debate over gun control today seems to invariably fall back upon the Second Amendment, and whether its validity still stands in the...
Sisyphus’ Borders
It is popular to talk about the idea that the controversy surrounding immigration has reached unprecedented levels, that the world is...
The Newest Failure on DACA—a Bipartisan Dream Deferred
A few weeks ago, after hearing Trump’s State of the Union, I wrote a somewhat desperate, very idealistic post asking for bipartisan...
PrezBo's Fireside Chat
On February 13, 2018, Columbia University President Lee Bollinger hosted another Fireside Chat at the President’s House. At Fireside...
"Who is Dayani Cristal?" – a look into the lives, and losses of life, of undocumented migr
“Viajar hacia Ti, Señor, eso es vivir.” “The journey toward you, Lord, is life.” “Tú, señor, conociste la migrancia, y la hiciste...
Politics and the Olympics
When admitting new members, the International Olympic Committee requires them to take an oath. In this, they promise to keep themselves...