Palestinian recognition of Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state
By Pauline Park I find one of the most frustrating aspects of the Zionist discourse through which we discuss the Israeli occupation […]
Category: Politics
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama & the sad reality of symbolic victories
“A ‘Madame President’ would be a much-needed literal and symbolic victory for women across the country who are fed up with the […]
Holocaust Memorial Day 2014: Buchenwald, Dachau, the US Army, Israel, Palestine
Holocaust Memorial Day 2014: Buchenwald, Dachau, the US Army, Israel, Palestine By Pauline Park On Holocaust Memorial Day 2014, I remember my […]
Bratton & the NYPD on LGBT exclusion from St. Patrick’s Day
Bratton & the NYPD on LGBT exclusion from St. Patrick’s Day Bill de Blasio’s appointment of Bill Bratton as police commissioner as […]
Israeli apartheid & the paradox of a Palestinian poet in exile in Iceland
Israeli apartheid & the paradox of a Palestinian poet in exile in Iceland I heard Mazen Maarouf speak at Columbia University on […]
Breaking the Silence: LGBT Identities & Multiple Oppressions (UIUC, 4.11.14)
Breaking the Silence: LGBT Identities & Multiple Oppressions Pauline Park, Ph.D. Chair New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA) and President […]
Bill Clinton, Edward Snowden & imperfect messengers
Bill Clinton, Edward Snowden & imperfect messengers “Former President Bill Clinton called National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden an ‘imperfect messenger,’ saying […]
Obama, LBJ & Presidential Legacies
Obama, LBJ & Presidential Legacies “Disappointed liberals, conservative critics and ordinary citizens who remember the candidate of 2008 have asked that question […]
Israel & the Ottoman expulsion of Jews from Palestine in 1917
Israel & the Ottoman expulsion of Jews from Palestine in 1917 Ahmed Jemal Pasha on the banks of the Dead Sea “April […]
Transgender Inclusion: Transforming the Academy, Transforming Society (SAVMA, 3.21.14)
Transgender Inclusion: Transforming the Academy, Transforming Society Pauline Park keynote speech Students of the American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA) Diversity Forum 21 […]
Bloomberg, de Blasio & the New York Times
Bloomberg, de Blasio & the New York Times “What is definitely off-target is the notion, which the New York Times repeated Saturday […]
Israel/Palestine & the not-so-United Kingdom
Israel/Palestine & the not-so-United Kingdom “Would a BBC interviewer be willing to hand over half of Britain to people who made […]