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Bangladesh Gets a New Leader, and New Delhi’s Epstein Anxiety

Plus: Enforcing a Song

Latest Writings

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Dominance and Contradiction: The Pitfalls of Right-wing Politics
Uditha Devapriya
Dominance and Contradiction: The Pitfalls of Right-wing Politics
Uditha Devapriya

Male dominance has become the driver of power and politics across much of the world, and that is leading to a rupture in order – and simple decency

Uditha Devapriya
What the Epstein Files Say About Our Culture
Carol Chen
What the Epstein Files Say About Our Culture
Carol Chen

How the Epstein files reveal our paralysis

Carol Chen
Bridging Polarization Through Engagement
Che de los Reyes-Ferrer
Bridging Polarization Through Engagement
Che de los Reyes-Ferrer

From Dismissed Voters to Co-Authors in Democracy

Che de los Reyes-Ferrer

Latest Webinar

Webinars
Reshaping Justice: Shifting Power in Prisons Through Legal Education
Reshaping Justice: Shifting Power in Prisons Through Legal Education

Fighting for Human Rights

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What the Epstein Files Say About Our Culture
Carol Chen
What the Epstein Files Say About Our Culture
Carol Chen

How the Epstein files reveal our paralysis

Carol Chen
Forced Into Fraud
Nathaphob Sungkate
Forced Into Fraud
Nathaphob Sungkate

Inside Southeast Asia’s Scam Economy 

Nathaphob Sungkate
Ukraine, Gaza, and the Realities of Settler-Colonialism
Uditha Devapriya
Ukraine, Gaza, and the Realities of Settler-Colonialism
Uditha Devapriya

The hypocrisy of the West on full display

Uditha Devapriya
The Ripple Politics of Conversation
Carol Chen
The Ripple Politics of Conversation
Carol Chen

How we find each other across difference

Carol Chen

Responding to Threats Against Democracy

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Dominance and Contradiction: The Pitfalls of Right-wing Politics
Uditha Devapriya
Dominance and Contradiction: The Pitfalls of Right-wing Politics
Uditha Devapriya

Male dominance has become the driver of power and politics across much of the world, and that is leading to a rupture in order – and simple decency

Uditha Devapriya
What the Epstein Files Say About Our Culture
Carol Chen
What the Epstein Files Say About Our Culture
Carol Chen

How the Epstein files reveal our paralysis

Carol Chen
Forced Into Fraud
Nathaphob Sungkate
Forced Into Fraud
Nathaphob Sungkate

Inside Southeast Asia’s Scam Economy 

Nathaphob Sungkate
Out of Russia, into Trump
Simon Galkevich
Out of Russia, into Trump
Simon Galkevich

A study in déjà vu

Simon Galkevich

Moving Beyond Polarization

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We All Have a Little Zohran in Us
Aishwarya Vardhana
We All Have a Little Zohran in Us
Aishwarya Vardhana

A light pierces through the Big Apple

Aishwarya Vardhana
The Growth of Right-Wing Populism in Europe
Philip Boobbyer
The Growth of Right-Wing Populism in Europe
Philip Boobbyer

Extremism and a new way forward

Philip Boobbyer
A Non-Violent Response to Violent Times
Aishwarya Vardhana
A Non-Violent Response to Violent Times
Aishwarya Vardhana

“I come in peace”

Aishwarya Vardhana
Apathy
Shereen Siwpersad
Apathy
Shereen Siwpersad

The insidious moral poison of our time

Shereen Siwpersad

Building Inclusive Societies

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Between English and Emptiness
Che de los Reyes-Ferrer
Between English and Emptiness
Che de los Reyes-Ferrer

The loss of the mother tongue and mental health struggles among children of immigrants

Che de los Reyes-Ferrer
Brazil on the Global Stage
Emma Tozer
Brazil on the Global Stage
Emma Tozer

A webinar to remember

Emma Tozer
How We Respond to Harm
David Belden
How We Respond to Harm
David Belden

An interview on restoratice justice

David Belden
Local Connection
T.M. Krishna
Local Connection
T.M. Krishna

Our inability to feel with abondon

T.M. Krishna

Finding What Sustains Us

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The Bullies Around and Within Us
Bjørn Ole Austad
The Bullies Around and Within Us
Bjørn Ole Austad

Why are the bullies not stopped before they become Prime Ministers and Presidents?

Bjørn Ole Austad
When We Fight for What We Love
Aishwarya Vardhana
When We Fight for What We Love
Aishwarya Vardhana

Notes on language, love, and the American imagination

Aishwarya Vardhana
The Year of Circles and Jagged Lines
Uditha Devapriya
The Year of Circles and Jagged Lines
Uditha Devapriya

How others respond to Trump

Uditha Devapriya
Anticipation, Restraint, and Care
Aishwarya Vardhana
Anticipation, Restraint, and Care
Aishwarya Vardhana

Centering ourselves and longing for community

Aishwarya Vardhana

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