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Suicide by False Belief
As a psychiatrist, I’ve spent my career working with patients who have delusions—that is, false beliefs held with unassailable conviction like believing that…
Does Free Speech Have a Future?
About the book The Life and Death of Freedom of Expression by Richard Moon, published by University of Toronto Press…
How the SAVE Act Threatens Voting Rights in the U.S.
The SAVE Act could block millions from voting through strict ID rules—despite no evidence of widespread noncitizen voting in the U.S.
Citizens United: Impact of Wealthy Donors and Dark Money
The effectiveness of legislative efforts to curb dark money, the role of…
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Truth and Authoritarianism in America
As millions of Americans are learning, it isn’t hard to tell when you are living in an autocracy. The signs are clear...
Voice and Protest in Times of Democratic Decline
About the book Political Voice: Protest, Democracy, and Marginalised Groups,…
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How Group Empathy Can Transform Politics and Society
Winner of the 2022 Merze Tate – Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award.
Rethinking Colonial Caribbean History
Winner of the 2022 James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History
3 Ways Colonialism Shaped Modern Inequality
Winner of the 2023 Merze Tate – Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award
Asian Immigration and the Myth of Suburban Stability
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Cuba’s Kleptocracy: How It Operates and Why It Matters
Behind the revolutionary rhetoric lies a kleptocracy – a system built on corruption, power, and control.
Religion in International Politics: Power and Influence
No one with their eyes open can currently say that religion plays no role in international politics at this time.
The Walls Have Eyes: Technology and Migration Today
About the Book The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, by Petra Molnar, published by…
A New History of Atlantic Slavery from the Global South
Nearly 12.5 million enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas during the era of the Atlantic slave trade...
When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness
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Suicide by False Belief
As a psychiatrist, I’ve spent my career working with patients who have delusions—that is, false beliefs held with unassailable conviction like…
Cuba’s Kleptocracy: How It Operates and Why It Matters
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How Neoliberalism Reshaped Democracy After 1989
The latest Democracy Index 2024 snapshot of the state of democracy in 165 independent states showed that democracy is not…
Voice and Protest in Times of Democratic Decline
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Why Are Governments Short-Sighted?
In the 1930s and ʼ40s, then president Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his fireside chats, a series of radio addresses on…
How State Sovereignty Fuels Language Loss: Lessons from Tibet
Living in times of multiple high-speed crises, it’s easy to overlook slow-moving trends that play out over centuries instead of…
Persecution and Genocide: A Long History
In 2002, Samantha Power, later US ambassador to the United Nations, 2013-2017, declared that we were living in an “age…
What Gets Absorbed? Jews, Race, and Identity Across the Americas
For over five centuries, Jewish presence in the Americas has come into contact with Black and Indigenous presences in these…
Is Law Still Written in Stone? Rethinking Legal Semiotics
When people think of law, they often imagine codified rules, courtrooms, and justice in black and white. Yet beneath these…
Commercial Art and the Urban Spectacle of Modern Japan
Imagine strolling down one of the main boulevards in Tokyo’s fashionable Ginza district. It is the early Showa period, around…
When Too Much Freedom Leads to Tyranny
My central contention is that the conventional understanding of ‘liberty’ – comprising both freedom and responsibility – is today collapsing…
Are Ukrainian Refugees Still Welcome in America?
The Trump Administration has taken aim at a variety of programs previously designed to facilitate the movement of people across…
Who Are the War Criminals, Genocidaires, and Terrorists?
The attack by Hamas on October 7, the destruction and mass killings in Gaza, the assault on Ukraine, the torture…
Truth and Authoritarianism in America
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Is Violence Shaped More by Place—or by Perception?
A Molotov cocktail arcs through the night in Santiago during the 2019 protests against inequality; a baton slams into a…