Jeffrey Marsh is wrong: Trans rights, parent concerns both matter
While trans rights must be upheld, parents and feminists worried about their children must be heard.
Category Archives: Opinions
Imran Khan crisis: Is Pakistan facing its own January 6 moment?
Unless political parties, the military and the judiciary abide by the Constitution, coming elections won't fix anything.
It was not Saied who introduced anti-Black racism to Tunisia
But the country cannot defeat this old societal ill under his divisive and hateful regime.
Biden’s pick for World Bank president can’t fix its crisis
Instead of curbing poverty, as its mission outlines, the bank entrenches inequality. Its US-led governance is to blame.
At Europe’s hostile borders, the smallest acts of kindness matter
We should recognise and praise the few border security officers who offer a helping hand to asylum seekers.
How an LGBTQ court ruling sent Kenya into a moral panic
The legal pushback against Kenya's anti-LGBTQ colonial-era laws has unleashed vicious homophobia in the public space.
Forget Nazis, Britain’s cruel refugee plan mimics its own history
UK has historically been more a refugee-making country than a refugee-taking one. It refuses to confront that truth.
Israel was built on burned Palestinian villages
What happened in Huwara was neither new nor out of the ordinary.
The battle for the future of objectivity
Criticism of The New York Times's coverage of trans rights reveals the problem with claiming objectivity in journalism.
The Saudi-Iran détente and its regional implications
What the normalisation between two regional powers means and does not mean.
In Ecuador, the US risks being on the wrong side of history
The Biden administration should stop extending blind support for Guillermo Lasso's corruption-ridden presidency.
Prosecuting a few ‘bad guys’ will not heal Lebanon’s wounds
Delivering true justice to Beirut blast victims and preventing the repeat of such a tragedy requires systemic change.
Turmoil in Israel, trepidation in Palestine
As they work to unleash greater violence on the Palestinians, its rulers are turning Israel into a fascist garrison.
French plans for AI surveillance during Olympics are dangerous
Proposed legislation to expand surveillance powers risks transforming the Olympics into an assault on privacy.
Can Toronto help Canada end casteism in the classroom?
The city's school board has become the first to recognise caste discrimination. All of Canada must follow.
Nigeria’s election was a positive for the region
However imperfect, Nigeria's democratic and peaceful election was a breath of fresh air in a region crippled by coups.
The G20 could help fix Sri Lanka’s debt crisis. Will it step up?
The G20 includes Sri Lanka's top lenders and powers with influence. It must do more than just say sweet nothings.
This Women’s Day, there is little to celebrate in South Korea
S Korean feminists are determined not to let President Yoon Seok-yul reverse the progress they made in the past decade.
How the nuclear lobby scuttled the EU’s anti-greenwashing tool
Giving nuclear energy a "sustainable" label in a key EU regulation could derail progress on climate change.
Videos of police brutality can perpetuate Black trauma
The wanton display of footage of violent Black deaths re-traumatises Black communities and promotes racist tropes.