Read Lieutenant Said Ahmed Mukhtar al-Ba’aj’s description of his role in the deportation of Armenians and consider the nature of obedience and conformity.
Read Lieutenant Said Ahmed Mukhtar al-Ba’aj’s description of his role in the deportation of Armenians and consider the nature of obedience and conformity.
Jouranlist Sonari Glinton connects Elie Wiesel’s teachings on bearing witness to his own experiences as a black man in the United States.
Investigate the law banning headscarves in French schools and explore how people reacted to the legislation.
Read about the experiences of a Jewish partisan fighting against the Germans in Poland during World War II.
Journalist Nicholas D. Kristof describes the challenges of motivating people to take action. Read his assessment and consider why some people choose to act and others remain bystanders.
In a letter to her daughter, Lisa Delpit reflects on how racism has shaped her worldview and her hopes and fears for her child.
Washington Post journalist Jonathan Capehart documents how difficult it is, for journalists and consumers of news, to face a narrative that contradicts what we believe.
Author Kurt Vonnegut writes about a future where everyone is finally equal. Consider ideas of membership, equality, and difference with this short, science fiction story.
Immigration lawyer Hope Frye describes the conditions at child migrant detention centers in her congressional hearing testimony.
Zora Neale Hurston describes her sense of identity and experience being a black woman in this 1928 essay.
Eleanor Roosevelt writes about the importance of equal opportunities and economic security for the strength of a democracy.
A CNN article explores the strengths and weaknesses of, and interplay between, professional news and amateur social media.