That morning was like almost any other morning.
Sure. After four years of Trump, there was a new Congress. And a new president was on the way. These felt new and good. Very good.
But I also knew Trump was holding a big rally near the White House that day. It was going to be tense.
Even that felt normal. It was Trump being Trump. One last rant before he …
One hundred and seventeen days after elevating to the papacy, Pope Francis took his first official trip outside the Vatican to visit the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa. An island closer to Tunisia than Sicily. An island that, since 1998, has been a transit point for migrants from North Africa and the Middle East.
Holding religious objects made from the wood of boats carrying …
Outsourcing immigration enforcement allows extremism to thrive, leaving us with complicated solutions.
From initially blocking asylum seekers to then extending humanitarian relief to ultimately hardening and militarizing borders, the European Union’s 2015 response to the Syrian refugee crisis was dizzying for policy experts, much less the migrants who sought protection. Their blunt …
Borders are meant to create order. But, around the world, authoritarians are using borders to create chaos.
In the November issue of The Atlantic, Anne Applebaum looks at how authoritarians are working together -- across borders -- to viciously stamp out protests and preserve, if not increase, their hold on power.
In Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, after claiming to have won …
Rick handed the cell phone to his wife.
Pointing to Facebook Messenger, he said, “You don't have to say anything to this group. But I need you to monitor this.”
That August day, as he went down to the field to coach his five-year-old son’s flag football game, Rick asked his wife, “If somebody dies or they get into the gate, I need you to come and get me off the …
