Nelson Mandela

Turkolmez: Americans need to consume more foreign news

April 8, 2018

While globalization seems inevitable, the knowledge Americans have of other nations reads as highly insufficient. This may be due to the geographic distance between the U.S. and other countries. Or, as...

Civil rights activist, journalist speaks on segregation

October 12, 2014

When Charlayne Hunter-Gault decided to study at the University of Georgia in the 1960s, she did not expect to become a figure in the civil rights movement. “I think that wanting to be a journalist...

Guest Column: Taking sides on contemporary injustice

August 10, 2014

“I am a Palestinian Arab, and I am also an American. This affords me an odd, not to say grotesque, double perspective.” Edward Said spoke these words, in a lecture on academic freedom, at South Africa’s...

Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre puts on popular South African play as Nelson Mandela fights for life

July 8, 2013

South Africa’s popular play “Woza Albert!” came to Evanston this month as nearly 9,000 miles away, 94-year-old Nelson Mandela completes a month-long stay in the hospital for a recurring lung infection. “Woza...

Boxerman: Israel-Palestine discussions lack nuance

May 22, 2013

As a pro-Israel Jew, I strongly believe in the state of Israel. Yet, as a liberal American, I find many of its actions and policies antithetical to my values. At J Street, this is a contradiction we live...

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