Author: Laura Carlsen

Disarming Patriarchal Violence

Nearly a million young people marched for their lives on March 24 in Washington DC and cities throughout the nation. They railed against the fact that in the wealthiest country in the

Anti-Democracy Without Borders

While the media focuses on his personality and his tweets, Donald Trump is leading an antidemocratic project that has serious implications for the United States and the rest of the world.

Tillerson in Mexico

Tillerson’s visit stirred the already muddied waters of Mexican politics. It did nothing to repair the binational relationship and increased, rather than allayed fears regarding the Trump administration’s policies against Mexican migrants,

Open Borders and Trump’s False Narrative

Instead of demonizing the idea of open borders, it’s time to embrace it, to demonstrate with facts the benefits of migration and migrants, in addition to remedying the causes of forced migration.

How We Handle Migrations Will Define the 21st Century

As the humanitarian crisis deepens, states debate between a model of national security and a model of human security. In many countries, racism and xenophobia take over state decision-making bodies. And tragedies