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Ignoring History and Human Self-Respect

What Trump-Netanyahu Have Unleashed

Latest Writings

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Power and Humanity
Uditha Devapriya
Power and Humanity
Uditha Devapriya

The contradictions of geopolitics

Uditha Devapriya
A Tale of Two Waiting Rooms
Carol Chen
A Tale of Two Waiting Rooms
Carol Chen

A traveler's accidental education in Latin American healthcare

Carol Chen
"The Pitt" and the Real Heroes Behind the Scrubs
Che de los Reyes-Ferrer
"The Pitt" and the Real Heroes Behind the Scrubs
Che de los Reyes-Ferrer

The show’s 2026 SAG-AFTRA win puts Filipino nurses in the spotlight

Che de los Reyes-Ferrer

Latest Webinar

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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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A Tale of Two Waiting Rooms
Carol Chen
A Tale of Two Waiting Rooms
Carol Chen

A traveler's accidental education in Latin American healthcare

Carol Chen
"The Pitt" and the Real Heroes Behind the Scrubs
Che de los Reyes-Ferrer
"The Pitt" and the Real Heroes Behind the Scrubs
Che de los Reyes-Ferrer

The show’s 2026 SAG-AFTRA win puts Filipino nurses in the spotlight

Che de los Reyes-Ferrer
Bamboo School: Never a Burden
Nathaphob Sungkate
Bamboo School: Never a Burden
Nathaphob Sungkate

When migrants are not a burden

Nathaphob Sungkate
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

Responding to Threats Against Democracy

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A Tale of Two Waiting Rooms
Carol Chen
A Tale of Two Waiting Rooms
Carol Chen

A traveler's accidental education in Latin American healthcare

Carol Chen
"The Pitt" and the Real Heroes Behind the Scrubs
Che de los Reyes-Ferrer
"The Pitt" and the Real Heroes Behind the Scrubs
Che de los Reyes-Ferrer

The show’s 2026 SAG-AFTRA win puts Filipino nurses in the spotlight

Che de los Reyes-Ferrer
Bamboo School: Never a Burden
Nathaphob Sungkate
Bamboo School: Never a Burden
Nathaphob Sungkate

When migrants are not a burden

Nathaphob Sungkate
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

Uditha Devapriya

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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Passing on the Right Things
Aishwarya Vardhana
Passing on the Right Things
Aishwarya Vardhana

What do our children need from us?

Aishwarya Vardhana
Disappointment is Inevitable
Aishwarya Vardhana
Disappointment is Inevitable
Aishwarya Vardhana

On silent grief, institutional failure, and the loneliness we don’t talk about

Aishwarya Vardhana
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

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