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Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan Leaves Hazaras Uniquely Vulnerable
In recent weeks, #StopHazaraGenocide has raced to the top of social media users’ feeds, drawing upwards of six million tweets. The...
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Nov 13, 20225 min read


A Public Health Response to Violence: An Interview With Courtney Bryan
Courtney Bryan is the executive director of the Center for Court Innovation, a New York City-based nonprofit that pilots innovative...
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Nov 16, 20218 min read


The Good Fight: The same motivations that drive war are bringing peace to Dagestan
Khabib Nurmagomedov has wrestled and defeated his fair share of bears since his first ursine tussle at age nine. It’s not particularly...
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Jun 30, 20213 min read


Swept Under the Rug: Why the United States Must Usher in a New Era of Accountability for Press Freed
In late 2019, presidential candidate Joe Biden was asked whether he, as president, would hold Saudi leaders accountable for the murder of...
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Apr 28, 20215 min read


How Policymakers Can Address the Recent Rise in Anti-Asian Violence
Frustrated that neither politicians nor the mainstream media adequately addressed the dramatic rise in anti-Asian violence witnessed...
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Apr 12, 20215 min read


The Tainted Grace of Jahseh Onfroy, Hidden Among Controversy and Violence
"“I ain’t have no positive upbringing, you know how fucking hard this shit is? You know how fucking hard I try just to be a good role...
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Mar 18, 20187 min read


The American Culture of Violence
Military potency is synonymous for a nation’s power within the global sphere, in most modern societies today. The United States has...
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May 22, 20174 min read


Achieving Political Goals: Euro 2016 and European Unity
Europe has experienced great political turbulence over the past year. The terrorist attacks on Paris and Brussels, the controversy...
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Jul 19, 20165 min read


The Many Massacres of Venezuelan Guyana
On March 4, a cohort of armed men stood waiting on the road to Tumeremo, a small town in the Venezuelan state of Bolívar. Since early...
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Apr 28, 20167 min read


Chicago State of Mind: How CBT is changing lives in inner-city Chicago
Three weeks after the King College Prep band members performed at President Obama’s second inauguration, they were mourning the loss of a...
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Nov 6, 201511 min read


Badluck Jonathan
Valentine’s Day was another day of broken hearts, this year in Nigeria. February 14 was scheduled to be the date of the upcoming...
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Feb 17, 20154 min read


Guys, Geeks and Gals: What the Media Missed About the Misogyny of Nerd Culture
The day before Anita Sarkeesian, the founder of Feminist Frequency, was scheduled to talk at Utah State University, administration...
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Feb 16, 20157 min read


Laverne Cox: Bridging the Gap Between Fame and Reality
On October 17, Laverne Cox premiered her new documentary, Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word, on MTV and LOGO. In the hour-long film, seven...
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Nov 9, 20145 min read


Ayotzinapa: Exposing the Fallacy of the “Mexican Moment”
It has been three weeks since the disappearance of the 43 Mexican students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero. Starting with demonstrations on...
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Oct 20, 20146 min read


Why Homies Unidos Won’t Create a Civil Society in El Salvador
Magdaleno Rose-Ávila, a revered hero in many Latino communities, former CNN hero of the year and a tireless civil-rights activist, was...
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Sep 22, 20145 min read


Migrants or Refugees?
Over the course of eight months from October to June of this year, 52,000 child immigrants have endured the long and perilous journey to...
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Sep 17, 20144 min read


Lynching in Latin America: Crime or Popular Justice?
The history of targeted mob violence in this country is not pretty. The act of lynching – heavily racialized in the American context –...
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Apr 15, 20145 min read


News ticker: Obama’s gun control measures
At around 12 noon on Wednesday, President Obama revealed his plan for reducing gun violence in a nationally-televised press conference....
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Jan 16, 20133 min read


His Holiness and State Violence: Why the Dalai Lama Should Be a Libertarian
The jury’s still out on whether or not His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet ended his speech to a capacity crowd at the RI...
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Oct 19, 20124 min read
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