Where we belong

Sarigoble, the Woven Shield of Siolidarity

What can a song teach us about belonging? Through the celebrated Saho composition Sarigoble by Ali Abdullah Ahmed, this essay explores the enduring ties that bind people to one another across landscapes, generations, and continents, revealing how music becomes a portable homeland and a living architecture of solidarity.

Building lasting synergy through shared success

Building lasting synergy through shared success

Spanish saying on friendship that is still true today: ‘Tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you who you are’

Spanish wisdom, encapsulated in Tell me who you walk with, and I’ll tell you who you are, highlights how our companions shape our world. This age-old observation, echoed across cultures, suggests our associations reveal our values and influences. While modern digital spaces offer new forms of companionship, the core idea remains: our chosen circles profoundly impact our growth and perceptions, though they don't entirely define us.

FREE TO READ | Winter: a time to slow the ride and open the mind

Along the way we meet the individuals and stories that shape our world

Join Us Preview: The End Days Have Never Been So Strange

Join Us is a survival-RPG with base-building elements that's focused on the idea of growing your doomsday cult.

Israeli defense delegation visits India to expand strategic ties

The bond between our nations is rooted in shared values and mutual trust that go beyond mere interests, Defense Ministry Director General Amir Baram said.

Israel Ellis: It’s minutes to midnight for Canada’s Jews

As our community's doomsday clock ticks, we must decide: Do we stay or do we go? I'm staying — for now

The World Cup is exposing the contradictions of national identity

Teams shaped by migration and diaspora are challenging exclusionary ideas of who belongs.

The hidden health benefits of watching the football

There is something rather special about collective and shared experiences on a mass level

Sevgul Uludag, an alloy of love and steel

Where hearts are hard and people divided, each side seeks security in the narrative of its own virtues and the inhumanity of others.

Ateneo Rockwell cats lose longtime shelter; volunteers seek help and answers

‘They were part of our lives,’ the volunteers say. But the university says it has to balance animal welfare, campus safety, regulatory compliance, and responsible stewardship of its facilities.

VUONG: Canada should retire multiculturalism for pluralism

We're quick to say what we are not — not American, not a melting pot — but being different from your neighbour is not the same as having an identity

Man Utd pair the best central midfield ever? Barca might want a word

A Manchester United fan shockingly thinks that a Manchester United midfield is the best ever, while we have more World Cup chat.

Latino immigrants and U.S.-born Latinos differ on how much their identity shapes their lives

For U.S. Latinos, the importance and meaning of identity are closely tied to how far they are from their family’s immigrant experience. Latinos born outside the United States (immigrants) are more likely than U.S.-born Latinos to say their Latino identity is central to who they are and to identify with their home country or ancestral []

Furkids Celebrate The Independence of US!

I’ve tried to tell our beloved Furkids that “US” actually stands for “United States”, but they look at me as though that’s just preposterous. In their words, “It’s about us, and you can’t take it away from us!” Of course it’s about them. This is their column after all. “Besides,” they continue, “while America’s Declaration

Neither victory nor liberation: After three years of war, we need a Palestinian state side by side with Israel

Beyond all the narratives and all the historic score-settling, human life is the most precious thing of all: people are more important than land, and this land is already saturated with too much blood

Chicago Advocates Call for New Gun Violence Prevention Efforts After Mass Shooting, Trump Response – WTTW (Chicago)

“This is not a race or an ethnic or a cultural issue, this is a humane issue,” Cook County Board Commissioner Kisha McCaskill said. “We deserve to live in a community, in a county, in a city and in a state that actually supports our livelihood by creating a better way of life, a better quality of live for everyone.”

Duty To Disobey Spotlights The Heroes Punished By Biden’s Military Covid Shot Mandate

Imagine sacrificing the comforts of a normal life to serve an institution you believed was worth joining. And then imagine that very same institution — the one you’ve poured your blood, sweat, and tears into for years — turns on you and brands you the enemy. For the more than 8,000 U.S. service members booted []

The Insight: What Does it Mean to Be an American?

The US is one of the few places on Earth where citizenship is tied to the ground you're born on, not your heritage. Why does the 'right of the soil' feel so uniquely tied to being 'American,' compared to being from a different nation? What are the other defining characteristics of the American identity?

Rafizi ally stumps for Harapan, says only one can win

JOHOR POLLS | 'We respect each other, and everyone has their strategy' - Syed Ibrahim.

Tartan Army FOMO shows how Irish-American identity is Scot(ch)-taped together

If you’re looking at the Scots at the World Cup and think it should be us – some Americans appear to think it is.

Resisting Extractivism and Creating a New Commons

The ruling class is striving to take everything from us – including our future.

The Giving Review: Thinking small is a big idea

As faith in national politics declines, Americans can find purpose, agency, and community by investing in the local institutions and civic associations that have long been the foundation of American life.

Let Losses Lie Where They Fall: America’s Radical Faith in Self-Interest

By Aleksey Bashtavenko, Academic Composition Few ideas distinguish the United States from the rest of the world more clearly than its extraordinary confidence in self-interest. Americans have long believed that society functions best when individuals are free to pursue their own ambitions, their own happiness, and their own [] The post Let Losses Lie Where They Fall: America’s Radical Faith in Self-Interest first appeared on Attack the System.

America’s deadly delusion: Citizenship without assimilation

American citizenship has been defined, officially, by one’s birthplace. It must also include one’s sense of belonging. This week’s Supreme Court ruling has answered, at least for now, the constitutional question: Who qualifies for citizenship under the law? But a more difficult question remains: What does citizenship require once it is conferred? Over time, American []

US Civil War tested America's founding ideals of equality

Soon after independence, the young United States faced its greatest internal challenge. The Civil War, fought over slavery, tested the nation's founding ideals that "all men are created equal" and reshaped America's future. The conflict claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and left a lasting legacy that continues to influence the country today. Al Jazeera’s Heidi Jo-Castro reports from Gettysburg. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #USCivilWar #UnitedStates #Gettysburg #AmericanHistory #Slavery #CivilWar #AbrahamLincoln #USHistory #Equality #Emancipation #AmericanCivilWar #History #AlJazeeraEnglish

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Mt. Olive Pickle Co. exits Great American State Fair over Confederate flag

Our company stands on values of human dignity, opportunity, and freedom.

Why gender diversity matters in technology

In the face of widespread oppression and commodification of the global south, our hope rests on the strength of our diversity as we move together imperfectly towards our collective liberations.

Intoning Our Independence

This Fourth of July, read the Declaration aloud.

The digital age primed us to exploit and to be exploited

From the inception of the Internet, we’ve known that there is a distance between who we are as embodied souls struggling through a fallen world and who we present to be on the Internet, even [...]

Act Worthy of Yourselves

Act Worthy of Yourselves

'Who We Are As a People': JD Vance Reenlists Sailors, Shares the Meaning of America 250 in NY Harbor

'Who We Are As a People': JD Vance Reenlists Sailors, Shares the Meaning of America 250 in NY Harbor

Who do you think you are? There are two answers

Being seen for who you are, both existentially and metaphysically, is a gift that society should strive to bestow on all- by Joanna LawsonRead on Psyche

Our American Heritage

Yes, Americans have a shared heritage — but it’s not about race or culture.

5 Most Unlikable DC Heroes, Ranked by Power Level

Images Courtesy of DC Comics Superheroes are meant to represent the best parts of ourselves. They’re people blessed with incredible powers and skills that they use to help others and save lives. They always rise to the challenges presented to them and come out the other end, saving the day. DC is filled to the brim with countless heroes that []

NEW MADONNA BEST ALBUM OF CAREER?

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Maine’s Democratic Party leadership calls on Platner to drop out following POLITICO report

They said it's “our responsibility to hold every candidate who seeks to represent our state to the highest standard.”

Entire World Hates Trump And America. We're Dead Last! We're By Ourselves!

New World Cup chants just dropped, we guess.

To shed the underdog tag, Australian soccer needs to have some tough conversations

Judging by the response to the Socceroos’ shattering World Cup exit against Egypt, fans and players have had a gutful of gallant defeats. So how do they become the team we want them to be?

Every prime minister in the 21st century ranked from worst to best

Yes – someone does have to be the ‘best’ It’s been one rollercoaster of a 26-year period for all of us stranded on this floating island stuck just 20 miles off mainland Europe. And Europe has surely had a large role to play in the last two-and-a-half decades which have defined the United Kingdom. From []

Character, not concrete, is the greatest infrastructure a nation can build – Bagbin

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has said the greatest infrastructure any nation can build is the character of its people.