Any pragmatic political movement needs to convince people that things can be different and will  be different. We cannot sacrifice the prospect of a better future, and we cannot let destructive forces shape it for us. This is not "cannot" as in "literally can't happen". This is "cannot" as in "if we think we can't, we will be forced to seek imaginative alternatives that are better". Once again, the idea of "better" is contested: what are our normative calculations in saying w

The best predictor of a state’s stability is not its wealth or its type of government, but the extent to which women are granted social, political, and economic rights. In denying women access to schooling, legal rights, and participation within society, countries find themselves vulnerable to extremist ideologies, leading to structural and institutional collapse, and ultimately, political and economic failure.  Since the return of the Taliban to Kabul in 2021, Afghanistan ha