After the Apocalypse: The Climate Crisis
The climate crisis is one of the foremost challenges facing the United States and the world today. In recognition of the severity of this global threat, President Joe Biden used his first…
Associate Editor
Laila Ujayli
Associate Editor
Laila Ujayli is passionate about the intersection of narrative and policy, concentrating on using stories to reorient US foreign policy towards human needs. She currently studies public policy as a graduate student at the Blavatnik School of Government, where she is a Rhodes Scholar. As a former Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow at Win Without War, she worked on reimagining US security spending to invest in the tools necessary to confront today and tomorrow's major challenges. She is especially interested in the use of film to engage the public on global issues and holds a Master of Studies in Film Aesthetics from the University of Oxford.
Two Perspectives on the Path to Authoritarianism
PART I: Jugal Bhinde on the paradigm shift of India’s soul As an Indian educated in the schools of New Delhi, I was often told the tale of our independence from the British Raj. On the…
America’s Islamophobia Won’t End with the Muslim Ban
It shouldn’t have taken a new presidency to repeal the Muslim Ban. Last week, the Muslim Ban ended with a signature and the rightful celebration of the many activists who worked tirelessly…
Indirect Deaths
“I got out of the Marines and within a few years, 15 of my buddies had killed themselves,” one veteran rifleman who served two tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq between 2003 and 2011…
The Earth Does Not Belong to Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk
2020 will go down as the deadliest year in American history, significantly due to the devastation delivered by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, count in nearly two trillion dollars…
The Violent Insurrection at the Capitol was Distinctly American
In the midst of the insurrection at the United States Capitol last week, politicians began exporting comparisons to the Global South, defining the moment as inherently un-American. Sen.…
One Reason Why US Democracy Endures
Writing this soon after the failed insurrection at the US Capitol, which disrupted Congress and the election certification, I have been thinking about what actually went right leading up to…