Category: Law
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January 30, 2026
Thanks to Sabahat Ali Wani, a 2025 Fellow in Ideas, for today’s post.
Hairpins to earrings, scarves to sleeves—as a visual artist, I search for, collect, and use Kashmiri women’s clothes and accessories in my practice, primarily intending to shed light and document our lives, stories, and memories of resistance. That is at the core of my art: resistance, a medium to represent and record Kashmiri women’s narratives.
» Read more about: From Kashmir—Hairpins and Earrings, Scarves and Sleeves »
August 29, 2025
Thanks to Estella Achinko, a 2025 HMU Fellow in Ideas, for today’s blog.
I have always been fascinated by the way nations rise and fall. Whether it’s the brutal rule of totalitarian regimes in Europe, the iron-fisted dictatorships of Africa, or the complex democracy of the United States, governance has remained a delicate, often unpredictable experiment. History does not provide a single blueprint for a successful state—only cautionary tales and fleeting moments of prosperity.
» Read more about: The Success of a Nation: Rethinking the Ideal State »
January 28, 2022
Thanks to Rebecca L. Thacker, a 2021 HMU Fellow in Ideas, for today’s post.
As we enter the new year, as per usual the media is filled with “year-in-review” articles and listicles: the year’s best books, tv, movies, and music, the top ten highlights of 2021, those we’ve lost in 2021. The Associated Press’s Year in Review features articles on the January 6 insurrection,
» Read more about: Literature as “Artivism”: The Exonerated »
April 6, 2018
Thanks to Carter Vance, a 2018 Harrison Middleton University Fellow in Ideas, for today’s post.
When the European Union first gave legal force the notion of “right to be forgotten”, in a 2014 court ruling against Google, I was amongst those who were both confused at the practical impacts and fearful of what its long-term effects might be. Confused,
» Read more about: Right to Be Forgotten, or Right to Evolve? »