“Unless we regain our impulse to change this society from the bottom up, the agony they currently suffer may soon be our own"

“Today we should be warned by the despair we see on women's faces, cast every night on our screen as they crowd into refugee camps or wander with their children along the wrecks of their homes destroyed by the bombs our wage cuts have paid for”

It’s the caregiving penalty. Sometimes called the motherhood penalty because of the gendered division of unpaid labor. But it affects men/fathers too. When they play a primary role in care, they also get punished. And academia is not kind to disruptions due to caregiving. It sucks.

“In this respect, the new government follows in the footsteps of the former Assad regime, continuing to use sectarian policies and practices as a means of governance, control, and social division”

“As a result, the popular classes are deprived of any political independence and define themselves—and engage politically—through their sectarian identity.”