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  • Thomas Edsall in the New York Times makes the persuasive argument that party lines and identity-group voting dominate at all levels of elections in the United States. -- What if All Politics Is National? -- Sep 29
  • The Blog Math with Bad Drawings shares a cute info graphic highlighting the ways different professions distort probabilities. -- Probably - Depending on Your Profession -- Sep 23
  • The Atlantic gives a strong argument for free speech on campus: far from only creating conflict, intractable conflicts can’t be constructively addressed without it. -- Free Speech on College Campuses -- Sep 23
  • The New York Times provides more evidence that we still can’t face hard truths about today’s Middle East and the United States' role in the region. -- Military Analyst Again Raises Red Flags on Progress in Iraq -- Sep 23
  • The Pew Research Center provides informative new charts, highlighting the facts on income and wealth which lead to ineqaulity, today's big conflict. -- Visualizing Ineqaulity -- Sep 22
  • The Wall Street Journal explains how the sage grous agreement worked, suggesting that negotiation really is possible in the face of conflict. -- Negotiation Exists: The Sage Grouse Agreement -- Sep 22
  • The New York Times gives evidence that the problems afflicting US democracy also afflict emerging democracies like South Africa’s, including inequality an unemployment. -- What Happened to South African Democracy -- Sep 22
  • Gallup shows that 49% now feel threatened by the federal government, asking what it will take for the government to re-earn the public’s trust. -- Americans Feel Threatened by the Government -- Sep 21
  • The Wasington Post shares a map developed by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum which highlights the risk that ongoing conflicts could escalate to genocidal levels. -- Mapping the Risk of Genocide -- Sep 21
  • As the New York Times explains, despite the horrors of the Euro crisis and austerity, the Greeks are teaching us something about compassion in the face of the current refugee crisis. -- Battered Greece and Its Refugee Lesson -- Sep 21
  • In examining school reform in Newark, NPR gives a case study of how lack of attention to conflict dynamics can lead to missed opportunities. -- Conflict Dynamics in Newark School Reform -- Sep 21
  • The New York Times gives another example of the moral crisis of the “having it all and wanting more” culture: a spike in the price of a drug which some need to live. -- Drug Goes From $13.50 a Tablet to $750, Overnight -- Sep 20
  • In the context of the presidential race and changing GOP rules, the New York Times explains that structural changes in conflict processes influence the outcome in ways that may not be desirable. -- Party Rules to Streamline Race May Backfire for G.O.P -- Sep 19
  • The Atlantic shares thoughtful public comments on the complex and difficult issues associated with protection of victims of the microagression framework. -- Microagressions and 'Victimhood Culture" -- Sep 18
  • Brookings explains a key factor behind US political conflict: when adjustied for inflation, the typical male worker earned less in 2014 than in 1973. -- Decreasing Earnings -- Sep 18
  • The Washington Post shars a surreal and seemingly unlikely story of cross-cultural conflict among Islamic State fighters. -- Intra-Islamic State Conflict -- Sep 18
  • Foreign Policy shares the news that the US is developing war plans for Russia - as Boulding saw stable peace as the absence of war plans, this is worrisome. -- War Plans for Russia Worrisome for Stable Peace -- Sep 17
  • According the the New York Times, Democarcy may be in trouble - people are increasingly dissillusioned and frustrated. It is important, then, to ask what the field of peace and conflict can do to help. -- Democracy is in Trouble -- Sep 15
  • The Atlantic explains the plight of underpaid adjunct faculty, giving evidence that downward pressure on wages also afflicts the educated. -- The Plight of Adjunct Faculty -- Sep 14
  • This thoughtful Atlantic article examines the conflict the framework of microagressions, and its success as a sound framework. -- Conflict Over the Microaggression Framework -- Sep 14
  • The New York Times examines an America that seems obsessed with wanting to be “great again," and suggests that it may instead be time for some humility instead. -- Making America Great Again? -- Sep 14
  • The New York Times' compelling infographic documenting the scope of the Syrian tragedy emphasizes the need for a peacemaking strategy that works. -- Documenting the Syrian Tragedy -- Sep 14
  • The New York Times gives an informative review of the third wave democratization, covering the global steps that have been taken both toward and away from democracy since 1970. -- Towards and Away from Democracy -- Sep 14
  • The New York Times gives a rare and valuable perspective on the history of terrorism, examining why terrorism is the way it is today. -- A History of Terrorism -- Sep 14
  • The Guardian gives an example of real progress in the effort to combat conflict minerals and the “resource curse:” a mulit-stakeholder process of supply chain validation. -- Combating Conflict Minerals -- Sep 14

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