As graduation approaches this spring, a Boston University senior from Myanmar had hoped her mom — whom she hasn’t seen in two years — could travel to the United States to watch her receive her diploma.
This past week, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian women’s rights advocate and human rights activist. Mohammadi has been an outspoken critic of the Iranian government’s record on human rights — particularly those of women — and has sacrificed her freedom to fight for the freedom of others. She receives the Prize from prison, where she is incarcerated for her activism.
If we ever hope to achieve a world in which left-leaning policies — disarmament, pacifism, racial reparations and gender equity — are actually implemented, we must start by holding our elected left-leaning officials accountable.
For every viral image of overflowing passengers crossing an ocean or families packed into tents in a refugee camp, there are millions more people, unphotographed, experiencing the same suffering.
Samantha Power discussed her new book, “The Education of an Idealist,” an autobiography published in September depicting Power’s journey from growing up as an Irish-American immigrant to becoming a United Nations ambassador at the WBUR CitySpace Friday.
Do you remember the summer of 2015? We were all so naïve. Mexico, if you recall, was sending their worst people to America (aka rapists), and Donald Trump had a great solution. Trump would announce his presidential candidacy with paid protesters and a promise to build a wall.
