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Voice and Protest in Times of Democratic Decline
Democracy is facing an acute crisis today. Authoritarianism is on the rise all over the world, societies are more polarized and fragmented,…
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…
Cinema as Inquiry: On Art, Knowledge, and Justice
For many viewers, cinema is a form of paid entertainment to relax or escape. In academic circles, cinema is mainly defined as a means of…
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...
Why Are Governments Short-Sighted?
Excerpted from Future-Generation Government: How to Legislate for the Long…
Award-winning books in the humanities and social sciences: works that shape thought and intellectual debate.
How Group Empathy Can Transform Politics and Society
Winner of the 2022 Merze Tate – Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award.
Patchwork Freedoms: How Enslaved People Won Their Rights
How did enslaved and free people of African descent navigate oppressive legal systems to carve out spaces of autonomy?
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
2023 Lawrence W. Levine Award Winner
Our Disintegrating Societies: On What Divides Us
As we observe our current world order becoming less cohesive, more volatile, socially fractured, politically polarized, and hence arguably less…
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
In the fourth century BCE, the Greek philosopher Aristotle labeled sleep “a border-land between living and not living.”
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Persecution and Genocide: A Long History
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What Gets Absorbed? Jews, Race, and Identity Across the Americas
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Is Law Still Written in Stone? Rethinking Legal Semiotics
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Commercial Art and the Urban Spectacle of Modern Japan
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When Too Much Freedom Leads to Tyranny
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Are Ukrainian Refugees Still Welcome in America?
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Why NATO’s Arctic Expansion Is Now Backfiring
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The History of Tech-As-Religion
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How the SAVE Act Threatens Voting Rights in the U.S.
In April 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 22—the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. Introduced as part…