by Jonathan Bach | Jun 9, 2016 | Food for Thought, Stories
Story and Photos by Christopher Chávez I held it in my hands; a long ivory tusk weighing about one hundred pounds. It was yellowed and coarse with several markings carved into it. Likely some sort of inventory code marked by the officer who confiscated it. And then I...
by Jonathan Bach | May 26, 2016 | Stories
Investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova, of Azerbaijan, was conditionally released from prison on Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. The award-winning journalist is still on probation, according to the Associated Press. The Crossings Institute applauds...
by Jonathan Bach | May 17, 2016 | Stories
This op-ed by research fellow Jonathan Bach was originally published in The Register-Guard of Eugene, Oregon. To view the original article, click here. HELSINKI, Finland — On a recent evening in Helsinki, the mother of a persecuted journalist accepted the prestigious...
by Jonathan Bach | Apr 11, 2016 | Food for Thought, Stories
This op-ed by senior research fellow Christopher Chávez was originally published in The Register-Guard of Eugene, Oregon. To view the original article, click here. When I first arrived in Eugene from St. Louis three years ago, I was taken aback by the kindness of my...
by Jonathan Bach | Nov 30, 2015 | Food for Thought, Stories
An income gap that, despite Bernie Sanders’ best efforts, yawns perversely wide. Harrowing rates of gun violence. Racial and religious tensions running high. Call this country afflicted — yet despite our problems, swarms of foreign nationals still yearn to call the...
by Jonathan Bach | Nov 1, 2015 | Food for Thought, Stories
For an election-time column like this, one might wax philosophical about the possible outcomes of a neck-in-neck match. About the 2015 general elections in Britain, writer Jonathan Freedland quipped in his Guardian op-ed: “As horseraces go, this one should be...