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Qatar’s foreign policy has been angering its larger Gulf neighbors for years, most notably Saudi Arabia. The lingering dispute erupted into a crisis this month when Saudi Arabia led a group of countries to abruptly sever all ties with its fellow American ally over Qatar’s positive relationship with Iran and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. While the move has strained tiny Qatar’s food imports – on which it’s almost entirely reliant – the government hasn’t backed down. And there’s one big reason:
the protective shield of the American military, writes Nader Habibi, an economist on the Middle East.
A report released Thursday found that 89 percent of baby food grape juice samples had detectable levels of lead. Scholars Keri Szejda and Andrew Maynard reviewed the report and concluded that while there may be no immediate risk, “the more we do to eliminate [lead] from our food supply, the better off we’ll be.”
And in this era of fake news, it’s alarming how easily young people can be duped by what they read online. Ed Madison from the University of Oregon describes how he’s using journalism to teach middle schoolers to spot misinformation.
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Nearly all of Qatar’s residents live in its capital, Doha.
Doha skyline via www.shutterstock.com
Nader Habibi, Brandeis University
Saudi Arabia and the UAE led a group of countries that have severed all ties to fellow American ally Qatar over its foreign policy. The US will play a key role in whether it accedes to their demands.
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Arts + Culture
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Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar, University of Connecticut
Tupac's sensitivity, intelligence and creativity confronted the hostile forces that antagonized black youth across the country in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Joshua Gold, University of South Carolina
Stepfathers often enter a family unit with certain expectations about what their role should be. They're usually wrong.
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Education
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Tobin Miller Shearer, The University of Montana
Many urban children who took part in a program that was supposed to enrich their lives dealt with racism instead. Why can't this cultural exchange become a two-way street?
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Ed Madison, University of Oregon
Students in high school now will be eligible to vote during the 2020 election cycle. How can we prepare them to become informed citizens in an era of misinformation, where anyone can publish anything?
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