Skip to content
Sherafgan Khan
Sherafgan Khan

Research Blog / Data Repository

  • Home
  • About
    • About Me
    • Social Media
    • View Count Transparency
  • Articles
    • AI Dispute Resolution
    • Autism EDU
    • Business, Entrepreneurship & Work
    • Economics, Finance & Markets
    • Health, Medicine & Nutrition
    • Israel-Palestine & Geopolitics
    • Law, Rights & Consumer Protection
    • Parent, Autism, and Child Development Resources
    • Politics, Public Policy & Civic Life
    • Society, Culture & Ideas
    • Technology, AI & Cybersecurity
  • Collections
    • Research Dives
    • Reflective Essays
    • Guides
    • OBJAI Explainers
    • Public Service Intel
    • Narrative Monologues
    • Product Dives
    • Guest Op-Eds
  • Tools
    • Sherafy Petroleum Institute
      • VCF Calculator
      • API & Density Calculator
      • Absolute Density Calculator
      • Tank Volume Interpolation
    • Unit Conversions
      • Length & Distance
      • Volume
      • Mass
      • Volume ⇆ Mass
    • Misc.
      • Infant Formula Calculator
  • Contact
Search
  • Home
  • Reflective Essays
A smiling woman and man in business attire posed in front of a Michigan map and capitol building backdrop.

Did Haley Stevens Endorse Abdul El-Sayed? Yes — and She Deserves Credit for Following Through

August 10, 2026

Haley Stevens endorsed Abdul El-Sayed after losing Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. That does not vindicate “vote blue no matter who” — but it does deserve

Read More »
Hillary Clinton stands beside a podium with microphones, with the U.S. Capitol blurred in the background.

Hillary Clinton Should Retire From Politics. The Democratic Party Needs to Move On.

August 8, 2026

Hillary Clinton’s latest comments about Abdul El-Sayed reveal a larger problem: Democrats need to stop relitigating 2016 and move beyond establishment politics.

Read More »
A political candidate speaks at a podium in front of supporters holding progressive signs, with contrasting Republican imagery and banners in the background.

Abdul El-Sayed Won. What Happened to “Vote Blue No Matter Who”?

August 6, 2026

Progressives spent years being told that primary grievances ended when Democratic voters chose a nominee. Now Abdul El-Sayed has won—and some of the same political

Read More »
Abdul El-Sayed speaking at a campaign podium for U.S. Senate in Michigan, with supporters holding signs behind him and political documents and money shown in a dramatic background montage.

Abdul El-Sayed Won the Michigan Primary. His Opponents Do Not Get to Rewrite His Campaign Afterward

August 6, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed openly campaigned against AIPAC’s political influence, survived approximately $32 million in spending by its super PAC, and won the Democratic nomination. The losing

Read More »
A gray civic room opens through a large window onto a sunny neighborhood with solar canopies, gardens, bicycles, and electric transit.

What Is Solarpunk? America’s Future Beyond the Overton Window

July 30, 2026

Solarpunk imagines a democratic, renewable, repairable future. Much of its technology already exists. The harder transition is political: moving that future into America’s Overton window.

Read More »
A refugee camp of beige tents and a dirt path in front of heavily damaged buildings and rubble under a cloudy sky.

When Trees Outgrow the Tents: Khan Younis and Gaza’s Permanent Humanitarian Limbo

July 29, 2026

Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda returned to Khan Younis to find that supposedly temporary tent communities had existed long enough for newly planted trees to grow

Read More »
Two men in suits walk through a modern gallery opening onto a devastated cityscape with ruined buildings and debris.

Jeffrey Miller Wants to Show Zohran Mamdani What Genocide Looks Like. He Should Be Willing to Look at Gaza.

July 29, 2026

Jeffrey Miller, chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, reportedly offered New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani a personal tour of the Holocaust Museum

Read More »
A smartphone on a counter displays 'Data Erased' while security officers stand at an airport screening desk with signs about electronic device searches and U.S. entry documents.

Your Phone Is Not a Border Agent’s Playground: Why the Samuel Tunick Prosecution Should Be Dismissed

July 27, 2026

Federal prosecutors charged Samuel Tunick after a duress password wiped his phone. Here is why the case threatens privacy and constitutional rights.

Read More »
Editorial-style graphic showing a person on a couch using a smartphone beside text about apathy, with a collage of geopolitics, war, inflation, shipping, and energy imagery.

The Propaganda of Apathy: Why Geopolitics Is Never Someone Else’s Problem

July 21, 2026

When people discuss Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, global shipping, military alliances, sanctions, or international trade, a familiar response often appears: Why do you care

Read More »
Editorial illustration of a honeyguide bird wearing a headset and pointing at a chalkboard plan, while a confused human hunter looks up as bees swarm around them.

The Bird That Outsourced Its Problems (And Accidentally Invented a Human Partnership)

June 2, 2026

Let me tell you about a bird. Not a majestic bird. Not an eagle carving circles into a copper sky. Not a falcon, folding itself

Read More »
  • Privacy Policy & TOS