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Addressing Chronic Violence from a Gendered Prespective: Fostering People-Centered Approaches at the National Level
This report argues for reconceptualizing violence based on feminist conceptions, recognizing that societal structures, systemic discrimination and even pervasive cultural norms can be sources of violence.
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The Global Zeitenwende: How to Avoid a New Cold War in a Multipolar Era
The world is facing an epochal tectonic shift. Russia's war against Ukraine has has ended an era. In this new multipolar world, different countries and models of government are competing for power and influence.
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The Age of Amorality: Can America Save the Liberal Order Through Illiberal Means?
How much evil we must do in order to do good? It is among the most vexing dilemmas facing the United States today.
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International IDEA
International IDEA is an intergovernmental organization with a mandate to support sustainable democracy worldwide. We work with local communities, democracy practitioners and partner organizations all over the world.
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Toda Peace Institute's Global Challenges to Democracy Program
This program aims to deepen our understanding of the internal and external threats and challenges to democracy worldwide and to identify ways in which democratic institutions can be strengthened and made more resilient.
News and Opinion
Black Lives Matter
#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin's murderer. BLM. combats and counters acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy,
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Why Conspiracy Theorists Always Land on the Jews
An insightful exploration of the ways in which anti-Semitism differs from other forms of prejudice and discrimination.
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The New Woke Discrimination Demands a New Law
From the Wall Street Journal, a carefully reasoned explanation of what those on the right see as today's big civil rights issue (and a proposed remedy) -- a controversial viewpoint worth understanding.
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The Global Zeitenwende -- How to Avoid a New Cold War in a Multipolar Era
For those of us who lived through the first Cold War, there are few (if any) priorities more important than avoiding another Cold War. Ideas on how to do this.
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How Democracy Can Win
From Samantha Powers, thoughtful reflections on what democratic societies can do to defend themselves against increasingly aggressive authoritarian regimes.
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America Is Too Scared of the Multipolar World
As geopolitical tensions rise, we may be tempted to take refuge in the simplistic bipolar, thinking of the Cold War. However, what we really need to do is learn how navigate an emerging multipolar world.
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The Cold War With China Is Changing Everything
As we slide deeper into a cold war with China, thoughtful reflections on what this means.
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Russian 'Ghost Ships' Are Turning the Seabed Into a Future Battlefield
More reason to think that superpower tensions are rising to alarming levels. The time has come to dust off and advance Cold War-era ideas for reducing tensions.
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U.S.'s political madness takes place against a backdrop of astonishing strength
Amid today's dominant focus on the many things that are going wrong, a call for also paying attention to the things that are going right.
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The Minimum Viable Navy
A look at the way in which the U.S. Navy is thinking about emerging security challenges and a look at the dangers associated with our slide into a new Cold War.
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Academia's Missing Men
Illuminating statistics documenting the remarkable progress that has been made toward racial and gender equity and the possibility that we are starting to undermine this progress with reverse discrimination.
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The Return of the Isolationist Republicans
Given the world's many complexities and dangers, it is understandably tempting to withdraw from it all. This article explains why that would be a big mistake.
News and Opinion
The Age of Amorality
A look at one of the most difficult questions facing liberal democracies -- the need to use illiberal means to defend those democracies.
News and Opinion
NAACP
We are the home of grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice. We advocate, agitate, and litigate for the civil rights due to Black America.
News and Opinion
NAACP
We are the home of grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice. We advocate, agitate, and litigate for the civil rights due to Black America.
News and Opinion
League of United Latin American Citizens
LULAC advances the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, housing, health, and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs in over 525 locations nationwide.
News and Opinion
League of United Latin American Citizens
LULAC advances the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, housing, health, and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs in over 525 locations nationwide.
News and Opinion
Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism
FAIR, is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to advancing civil rights and liberties for all Americans, and promoting a common culture based on fairness, understanding, and humanity.
News and Opinion
Professor David Bernstein and New Book Featured in Wall Street Journal Interview
Mr. Bernstein is the author of a recent book, Classified, that traces the haphazard codification of the federal government's racial labels, whjich, he says, are "irrational."
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Professor David Bernstein and New Book Featured in Wall Street Journal Interview
Mr. Bernstein is the author of a recent book, Classified, that traces the haphazard codification of the federal government's racial labels, whjich, he says, are "irrational."
News and Opinion
You Can't Fire Only the White Guys
An article about a court case that pretty convincingly demonstrates that there are cases in which reverse discrimination is a real problem.
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Sizing up the New Axis
As we slide into an increasingly dangerous global Cold War, a sobering assessment of relative strengths of competing blocs.
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Would this be acceptable if Jews were not the victims?
An illustration of a good way to identify discriminatory behavior -- ask if it would be okay to treat other groups in the same way.
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To understand modern political polarization, you have to go back 53 years.
A retrospective look at the long shadow cast by the 1971 Griggs v. Duke Power Supreme Court case which removed conscious intent from the definition of discrimination.
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A Secret Cable and a Clue to Where U.S.-Russia Relations Went Wrong
As what we once thought was a Cold War victory disintegrates, thoughts about how pivotal historical events can cast very long shadows.
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Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism
FAIR offers a broad critique of mainstream diversity, equity, and inclusion programs along with a promising and less provocative strategy for achieving the same goals.