Under Iran’s legal framework, women face systemic restrictions across multiple domains, including dress, family law, and civic participation.”
Category: Thinking Out Loud
Stadiums, Sovereignty, and Control: Iran’s Ban on Women in Sport
“When access depends on permission rather than rights, exclusion remains—no matter how it is rebranded.”
Banned From Learning: The Fight Over Race and Books in American Classrooms
Banning books restrictions distort history and deny students the tools to understand the social forces that shaped their country.”
The Content of Their Character
Racism is not new, and it cannot exist without racists to spread it.”
Abbey Gate: Witness to the Fall of Kabul
Large-scale evacuations are often remembered through numbers: flights flown, people moved, timelines completed. But the reality on the ground is far more human and far more complicated.” — Lara Kajs
New Border Initiative
Seeking asylum became a protected right under international law following the atrocities of World War II.”
Mass Shootings in America
If it feels like there is a mass shooting in America every day, it’s because there is.” We have normalized a level of violence that would be unthinkable elsewhere.”
Putin’s War in Ukraine: Threats to Global Security and International Law
Lasting security requires multilateral guarantees.”
How Far Will We Go: Upholding International Humanitarian Law
Since Auschwitz, the world has repeatedly failed to prevent mass atrocities, despite vows of ‘Never Again.’”
Without the Fear of Persecution
Statelessness strips the Rohingya of rights, identity, and the ability to live with dignity.”