by Robin Kirk | Feb 12, 2014 | featured, Robin Kirk
Too often, the human rights world seems replete with only bad news. Maybe that’s usually true (let’s be real). But sometimes, we get a win. It happened this week, in the US state of Washington. There, Governor Jay Inslee halted executions. This underscores...
by Robin Kirk | Feb 4, 2014 | featured, Robin Kirk
This Human Rights Watch video was compiled mainly through cell phone clips freely and proudly shared on the Internet. Released four days prior to the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the video includes the beatings of gays and lesbians in Russia....
by Robin Kirk | Jan 31, 2014 | featured, Robin Kirk
The theme of the BorderWork(s) Humanities Lab that I am a part of a Duke is how the idea of a division between people — a border, a wall, an invisible divider (like race or religion) can (among other things) either threaten the security of communities or enhance...
by Robin Kirk | Dec 5, 2013 | featured, Robin Kirk
by Robin Kirk | Dec 3, 2013 | featured, Robin Kirk
The Internet lit up recently with the announcement that Amazon is testing a new system that will allow the giant retailer to deliver some order within thirty minutes. Like many, I watched the video and then followed the inevitable memes linking the plan to Terminator,...
by Robin Kirk | Sep 23, 2013 | featured, Robin Kirk
Images of Belfast’s brick-hurling thugs seem like unwelcome eruptions of ancient history on our Internet feeds. Rooted in England’s very first colonial venture under Henry II in the 1100s, the continuing argument over Northern Ireland is both impenetrable...
