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Articles by Ryan J. Suto
A Lasting Solution to the Gerrymandering War
Perhaps the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee knew what was coming. As an early proponent of a federal bill banning mid-decade gerrymandering, she now appears to have been ahead of her time. Indeed, today, no fewer than seven bills in Congress bear her legacy of concern for fair representation in redistricting. That’s more than any other time in modern congressional history. The story of the current gerrymandering war flows through her home state of Texas.
See No Evil: Sotomayor highlights the Roberts Court’s blind eye to discrimination
Ryan Suto, Policy Counsel of the Arab American Institute, discusses the Supreme Court's recent DACA ruling and Justice Sotomayor's role as the chief voice in recognizing discrimination. Today, the U.S. legal system faces a public that is becoming increasingly impatient with systemic unequal protection of the law. As the peaceful arbiter of disputes in a democratic society, the judiciary cannot stray too far from that public, lest its legitimacy be lost.
Instead of criminalising political speech, pass the no hate Act
On 29 December the Jerusalem Post published an interview with the US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman. In that article, Friedman stated that reactions were "largely emotional" to the Trump administration's announcement of support to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. He went on to state: "We expected the reaction, although we were disappointed with some of the rhetoric, which was ugly, needlessly provocative and anti-Semitic [sic]".
Hey Trump, Lady Liberty's promise actually matters to immigration law
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Democracy Check: Trump at 100 Days
An assessment of institutional democracy at the onset of the Trump administration. Since his election to the US presidency on November 8, 2016, there has been much discussion as to whether Donald Trump is a rising authoritarian strongman who will bring the downfall of liberal democracy in the United States. Has this commentary been hyperbolic?
Americans Need to Read Beyond the Headlines
Donald Trump is showing the next phase of this strategy: pure theater. Recently, President Barack Obama pointed out that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Grand Old Party (GOP) figured out something very important during the Obama presidency: Most Americans either don’t know or don’t care about the nuance of how government works.
Beyond 2016: moving America forward
It seems a cottage industry of commentators has emerged to try and explain the rise of Donald Trump and his recent capture of the White House. What they fail to address, however, is that over the past year globalisation has created a new class structure in the West?—?those who have benefited from globalisation and those who have not?—?which does not fall neatly along previously recognised political lines.
Public Health as Foreign Policy: Trauma in the Arab World
The current US presidential campaign debate on Middle East policy has focused disproportionately on the US response to the Islamic State (ISIS or IS). This series will focus instead on five alternative Middle East policy challenges facing the next president. This final part discusses addressing the human consequence of regional conflict. See part one on Iraq, part two on Tunisia, part three on Egypt, and part four on Saudi Arabia.
The US's relationship with Saudi Arabia is longstanding — and totally outdated
Like other longstanding American relationships in the Middle East, the ties between Washington and Riyadh have nothing to do with human rights or democracy. The alliance rests mostly on two key factors: natural resources and regional stability. First, in addition to being the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, the House of Saud is the custodian of a singular holy resource: oil.
Bilateral Complicity: The Next US President and Egypt
The current US presidential campaign debate on Middle East policy has focused disproportionately on the US response to the Islamic State. This series instead focuses on five alternative Middle East policy challenges facing the next president. In this third part, Ryan J. Suto discusses the future of bilateral relations with Egypt. Read part one on Iraq and part two on Tunisia.
Bilateral Complicity: The Next US President and Egypt
The current US presidential campaign debate on Middle East policy has focused disproportionately on the US response to the Islamic State (ISIS or IS). This series will focus instead on five alternative Middle East policy challenges facing the next president. This third part discusses the future of bilateral relations with Egypt. See part one on Iraq and part two on Tunisia.
Tunisia: New Leaders, Old Challenges - FPIF
Youssef Chahed The current US presidential campaign debate on Middle East policy has focused disproportionately on the US response to the Islamic State (ISIS or IS). This series will focus instead on five alternative Middle East policy challenges facing the next president. This second part discusses the economic and security challenge in Tunisia. Part one on Iraq can be found here.
The Fairytale of America and its Lost Civic Ideals
Amid an election full of outlandish statements, Twitter spats and ad hominem accusations, many important problems facing America have failed to grace headlines. In the last of a five-part series exploring issues ignored during the 2016 presidential election season, Ryan J. Suto addresses America’s lost civic ideals. See part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4.
Continuing Opacity: Surveillance Under the Next Administration
Amid an election full of outlandish statements, Twitter spats and ad hominem accusations, many important problems facing America have failed to grace headlines. In the fourth of a five-part series exploring issues ignored during the 2016 presidential election season, Ryan J. Suto addresses the expansion of government surveillance. See part 1, part 2 and part 3. Public discourse on government surveillance has ebbed and flowed since the 2008 revelation of the Bush-era program Stellar Wind.
Landscape of Inequality: How America Funds Public Schools
Amid an election full of outlandish statements, Twitter spats and ad hominem accusations, many important problems facing America have failed to grace headlines. In the third of a five-part series exploring issues ignored during the 2016 presidential election season, Ryan J. Suto addresses the inequalities in America’s public education funding. Click here for part 1 and here for part 2.
Suspicion in America: Creating a Problem for a Solution
Amid an election full of outlandish statements, Twitter spats and ad hominem accusations, many important problems facing America have failed to grace headlines. In the second of a five-part series exploring issues ignored during the 2016 presidential election season, Ryan J. Suto addresses the danger of continuing the implementation of the CVE program at the federal level. Click here for part 1.
The Harm of Judicial Elections in America
Amid an election full of outlandish statements, Twitter spats and ad hominem accusations, many important problems facing America have failed to grace headlines. In the first of a five-part series exploring issues ignored during the 2016 presidential election season, Ryan J. Suto addresses the harm of judicial elections for state and local judges throughout the US.
White America Needs to Talk About Race
In “dishonest America,” inequality and informal segregation remain in a divided nation. Since the time of honest racial segregation in America—when whites wrote down race-based rules of exclusion—we have been formulating modes of dishonest segregation: denials of equality and inclusion in areas such as housing, criminal justice, employment, interpersonal relationships and private organizations. Once institutionalized, this dishonest segregation becomes subconscious for us whites.
White America: how did we get here?
Since the time of honest racial segregation in America—when whites wrote down race-based rules of exclusion—we have been formulating modes of dishonest segregation: denials of equality and inclusion in areas such as housingcriminal justiceemployment Once institutionalized, this dishonest segregation becomes subconscious for us whites: we do not create race-based rules, we just live by the status quo.
Why Brexit and the Success of Trump Should Not Surprise You
The global economic crisis has greatly contributed to the rise of far-right politics in the West manifesting itself in outcomes such as Brexit and the unprecedented rise of Donald Trump. On June 23, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union (EU) with the full effect of the economic, social and political ramifications of the decision still unknown.
7 Goals for Progressive Millenials
Goals set out in Bernie Sanders’s election campaign should carry beyond 2016 to create a future in which our generation can believe.Progressive voters under 30 famously helped President Barack Obama take the presidency in 2008. Similarly, throughout this campaign they have been unquestionably the largest supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders—presently the only 2016 candidate who millennials view favorably.
7 Goals for Progressive Millenials
helped President Barack Obama take the presidency in 2008. Similarly, throughout this campaign they have been the only 2016 candidate who Millenials view favorably . But after last night’s results in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere, the nomination of former Secretary Hillary Clinton as the Democratic candidate for the presidency is now all but inevitable, leaving millions of young progressives disappointed.
College Protests Draw Light on Political Correctness
Amid demonstrations on US college campuses, what do protesters and professors get wrong about political correctness?The recent protests on US college campuses, particularly at the University of Missouri and Yale University, targeting insufficient actions to act against racism on the parts of respective administrations, have brought to the fore a complex and important set of questions for all Americans to consider.
Walter Scott and the Criminal Injustice System
Two score and seven years ago this week Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. proclaimed that he had reached the mountaintop and saw the promised land of equality and freedom before him. While he knew we would not reach such a place in his lifetime, he may nonetheless have been mistaken. Insofar as our criminal justice system in 2015 is concerned, tough climbing seems to lie ahead before we can take our gentle descent to the land of which Dr. King spoke, and for which he so stubbornly fought.
The trials of Mohamed Morsi
Published date: 12 February 2015 22:00 UTC | Last update: 6 years ago This past year has left little doubt that the Egyptian judiciary has become a political actor - there must be more judicial consistency if the judiciary is to gain the respect of the Egyptian people The postponed and pending trials of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi have punctuated the news coming from Egypt in 2014.
Simplistic and Orientalist: How Atheists Attack Religion
Over the past month a refreshed debate between atheism and Islam has been raging in the Anglosphere. While hardly new—Atheists have been intellectually attacking religion in general and Islam in particular since 9/11—this debate has intensified since the exploits of the “Islamic State” have given rise to a new brand of religiously-inspired violence which has terrified much of the West.
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