The Examined Year: 2024
December 29, 2024
What happened over the past year that challenged our assumptions and made us think about…
James Baldwin and Social Justice
August 4, 2024
Sometimes, we struggle to tell the truth—especially when it’s the truth about ourselves. Why did…
Should All Ages Be Equal?
March 3, 2024
Age determines a lot about your position in society—what activities you can do, what benefits…
Democracy By Numbers
July 2, 2023
The United States prides itself on being “the world’s greatest democracy,” which adheres to the…
Can Streets Discriminate?
January 8, 2023
City streets play an important role in our everyday lives. We commute to work, walk…
Gandhi as a Philosopher
September 26, 2021
Gandhi is famous as the leader of the movement for Indian independence, which he based…
John Rawls
February 21, 2021
John Rawls was one of the most influential political philosophers of the twentieth century. In…
Frantz Fanon and the Violence of Colonialism
July 19, 2020
Frantz Fanon is a thinker who has inspired radical liberation movements in places ranging from…
White Privilege and Racial Injustice
June 7, 2020
“White privilege” has become a buzzword in discussions about racial inequality and racial justice. The…
Reparations
June 30, 2019
The United States brutally enslaved African Americans for its first hundred or so years of…
The Philanthropy Trap
February 24, 2019
Many of us generally admire people who donate large sums of money to charity. Yet…
Affirmative Action: Too Little or Too Much?
January 20, 2019
Addressing our nation’s history of racial injustice can be a truly backbreaking endeavor. Race-based affirmative…
Your Lying Eyes – Perception, Memory, and Justice
September 9, 2018
The criminal justice system often relies on the testimony of eyewitnesses to get convictions. Yet…
The Fairness Fixation
July 23, 2017
Imagine that your eight-year-old son arrives home boasting that he won the race that day…
Racial Profiling and Implicit Bias
June 18, 2017
Whether for counterterrorism measures, street level crime, or immigration, racial profiling of minorities occurs frequently.…
Nations and Borders
January 24, 2016
One’s country of birth has a profound effect on life prospects. It’s often best to…
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