Michel L. rated Cosmopolites: 4 stars

Cosmopolites by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
The buying and selling of citizenship has become a legitimate, thriving business in just a few years. Entrepreneurs are renouncing …
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The buying and selling of citizenship has become a legitimate, thriving business in just a few years. Entrepreneurs are renouncing …

The buying and selling of citizenship has become a legitimate, thriving business in just a few years. Entrepreneurs are renouncing …

How American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi Germany. Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim …

Introducing UNACO – the United Nations Anti Crime Organisation – an elite team of agents who battle the world’s deadliest …

Nine days before October 7, 2023, award-winning author Isabella Hammad delivered the Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture at Columbia University. …

Nine days before October 7, 2023, award-winning author Isabella Hammad delivered the Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture at Columbia University. …
In the language of both law and literaryform, then, recognition is a kind of knowing that should incur the responsibility to act for it to have any value beyond personal epiphanies, or appeasing the critics of the one doing the recognizing. Great effort is required to ensure that such a moment marks the middle of the story, and not the finale. Another act must follow.
— Recognizing the Stranger by Isabella Hammad (Page 50)
Given the imminent recognition of Palestine as a state by more and more Western powers, this really rings true. We should ensure that is followed up and not end up as empty words.

The buying and selling of citizenship has become a legitimate, thriving business in just a few years. Entrepreneurs are renouncing …

Nine days before October 7, 2023, award-winning author Isabella Hammad delivered the Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture at Columbia University. …

When a company's workers are literally dying on the job, when their business model relies on preying on local businesses …

For women in tech, Silicon Valley is a 'Brotopia' where men hold all the cards and make all the rules. …

Timequake is a 1997 semi-autobiographical work by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Marketed as a novel, the book was described as a …

Timequake is a 1997 semi-autobiographical work by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Marketed as a novel, the book was described as a …

In a fantasy version of the late 1800s, a boy helps souls get a second chance at life.
Growing …

Timequake is a 1997 semi-autobiographical work by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Marketed as a novel, the book was described as a …