Erik Bleich

Greece’s de­ci­sion to ar­rest the lead­ers of the far-right par­ty is a his­toric gam­ble.

In a few cas­es, keep­ing peo­ple out who fos­ter hate-filled views may help pre­serve pub­lic or­der.

France’s plans to ban far-right group af­ter at­tack un­der­scores con­flict be­tween sta­bil­i­ty and free­dom of as­so­ci­a­tion.

A re­cent rul­ing by a French court has reignit­ed dis­cus­sion over cen­sor­ship and free­dom of ex­pres­sion on the in­ter­net.

The Amer­i­can ap­proach to dis­abil­i­ty rights is pro­gres­sive and in­clu­sive – two words not as­so­ci­at­ed with its health­care.

The bur­ka is like a “prism that re­fracts re­ac­tions into more shades and tones”, ar­gues Ble­ich.

Tin­ker­ing with the words will not fix Eu­rope’s eco­nom­ic prob­lems, but can stop re­pro­duc­ing neg­a­tive pub­lic per­cep­tions.

Is­lam­o­pho­bia as a con­crete and us­able so­cial sci­en­tif­ic con­cept can be the foun­da­tion for more in­formed pub­lic de­bates.

Foot­baller John Ter­ry’s racist re­marks are trou­ble­some in a sport try­ing to “kick” racism out.

The Unit­ed States is a ‘dra­mat­ic out­lier’ when it comes to the pro­tec­tion of in­flam­ma­to­ry speech.