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FEB 7, 2017 • Article
Asylum in the United States for Unaccompanied Children
The current magnitude of child migration to the United States is unprecedented. How does the U.S. asylum process for unaccompanied children work? The views ...
JAN 20, 2017 • Article
Virtual Citizenship for Refugees: A Proposal
At last, a practical, humane, and cost-effective proposal to help cope with the nearly 20 million refugees and asylum seekers worldwide, from philosophers Christian Barry and ...
DEC 30, 2016 • Article
Eritrea: An Exiled Nation Suspended in Liminal Space through Social Media
Exiled Eritreans use social media to organize opposition against the tyrannical regime back home and to provide crucial information for the thousands of young migrants ...
NOV 30, 2016 • Article
Solidarity in Dark Times: Why the World Must Fight for Collective Human Rights Now
"It is time for the world to move away from liberal and neoliberal-centric understandings of human rights that underline the importance of the individual, and ...
OCT 4, 2016 • Article
Southeast Asia—The Islamic State's New Front?
From Bangladesh to the Philippines, the Islamic State's efforts to win over South and Southeast Asians have been substantial and have increased over the past ...
SEP 8, 2016 • Article
Sze Ping Lo: Towards a New Environmental Imagination
Sze Ping Lo, CEO of WWF-China, is equal parts activist and intellectual. Now in his early 40s, in a recent conversation Lo looked back on ...
AUG 1, 2016 • Article
The U.S. Election Is a Referendum on American Values
Liberalism is the simple but powerful idea that freedom and equality are values worth defending. It has been a guiding light for U.S. politics ...
JUL 12, 2016 • Article
Welcome to Canada: the Ryerson University Lifeline Syria Challenge
In just under a year, Toronto's universities raised more than CAD$4.3 million and helped 19 Syrian families (99 people) settle in Canada, with many more on the ...
JUN 16, 2016 • Article
Integration and the European Migration "Crisis"
How we treat the millions arriving in Europe will affect all our futures, writes migration expert Jenny Phillimore. "We can genuinely welcome people, accept them ...
MAY 24, 2016 • Article
The Symbiotic Relationship between Western Media and Terrorism
Mass media and terrorism have become ever more intertwined in a mutually beneficial relationship often described as 'symbiotic.' This column examines that dynamic and ...