Haider Riaz (Waterloo): The Phenomenological Origins of Property. Steven Ratner on how Mohammed Bin Salman underestimated international law. Trans rights are human rights: Veronica Scott Esposito on the very human cost of identity denied. From Vox, the Trump administration’s latest anti-transgender action, explained; Trump’s anti-trans proposal may increase prejudice — here’s one way to combat it; and it’s okay to let your transgender kid transition — even if they might change their mind in the future. Transgender Americans have a message for Trump: We won’t be erased. What is the task of the translator — to be a servant to the source or to create a new work of illuminated meaning? Radical democrat: The introduction to Slouching Toward Utopia: Essays and Reviews by George Scialabba.
Thread: “With people freaking out about the Honduran migrant caravan now forcing its way through Mexico, I figured it might be time for a thread about Central American immigration”. U.S.A. or bust: Migrants explain why they’re marching. The caravan is coming — and it’s high time to calm the rising media frenzy.
