In the wake of the storming of the Capitol, many people have begun calling to expand the War on Terror. This would be a grave error. Here’s why. I wrote this piece for The Nation. A fter last week’s storming of the US Capitol by a right-wing mob resembling an …
The election is over, and every immigrant, refugee, asylum seeker, and human being can now breathe a sigh of a relief. I wrote this comment, reflecting on the moment, for The Guardian. I became a citizen of the United States more than nine years ago, but in my heart I …
I wrote this essay, prompted by Donald Trump’s photo-op visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, for The Guardian. Here’s part of the essay: It …
I wrote this essay, on how the latest conspiracy theory is yet another example of how Americans are being misled by right-wing …
I wrote this piece for The Nation, and it was published on June 30. Around the same time that I was writing …
I wrote this op-ed for the New York Times on why nuisance abatement laws force stores in low-income neighborhoods to operate almost …
I was asked by Scena 9, a Romanian magazine, to write a very short essay on the Black Lives Matter protests in …
If you venture outside during this pandemic, make sure you cover up!
Donald Trump now refers to himself as a “wartime president” who is fighting the “invisible enemy” of the coronavirus. He’s hardly the …
This essay was published on MuslimMatters.org, which is an excellent resource on Muslim affairs. Last semester, I was teaching Roxane Gay’s essay …