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The World Cup, a National Mourning, & More

A Look at Happenings

Latest Writings

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A Shared Destiny on Borrowed Land: Democracy at 250
Uday Dandavate
A Shared Destiny on Borrowed Land: Democracy at 250
Uday Dandavate

Listening to many roots in a restless, unfinished democracy

Uday Dandavate
Emma Lazarus’s Song for 2026 America
Margaret Eastman Smith
Emma Lazarus’s Song for 2026 America
Margaret Eastman Smith

Surveying America's anthems ahead of its 250th anniversary

Margaret Eastman Smith
Lucknow to Jantar Mantar
Kalpana Sharma
Lucknow to Jantar Mantar
Kalpana Sharma

India’s youth are screaming, but who is listening?

Kalpana Sharma

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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A Shared Destiny on Borrowed Land: Democracy at 250
Uday Dandavate
A Shared Destiny on Borrowed Land: Democracy at 250
Uday Dandavate

Listening to many roots in a restless, unfinished democracy

Uday Dandavate
When Dreams Are Not Confined by Borders
Nathaphob Sungkate
When Dreams Are Not Confined by Borders
Nathaphob Sungkate

Myanmar refugees in Thailand

Nathaphob Sungkate
Stranded Together
Carol Chen
Stranded Together
Carol Chen

How isolation reveals the depth of our shared humanity

Carol Chen
The World’s Uneven Grief
Carol Chen
The World’s Uneven Grief
Carol Chen

Why a Palace Outweeps Hundreds of Iranian Lives

Carol Chen

Responding to Threats Against Democracy

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Cockroaches and India's Mainstream Media
Kalpana Sharma
Cockroaches and India's Mainstream Media
Kalpana Sharma

Mainstream media is losing a generation, and the Cockroach Janta Party is merely a symptom.

Kalpana Sharma
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
Out of Russia, into Trump
Simon Galkevich
Out of Russia, into Trump
Simon Galkevich

A study in déjà vu

Simon Galkevich
America in the Crosshairs
Margaret Eastman Smith
America in the Crosshairs
Margaret Eastman Smith

Minneapolis is showing us what protest can and should look like

Margaret Eastman Smith

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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A Shared Destiny on Borrowed Land: Democracy at 250
Uday Dandavate
A Shared Destiny on Borrowed Land: Democracy at 250
Uday Dandavate

Listening to many roots in a restless, unfinished democracy

Uday Dandavate
Emma Lazarus’s Song for 2026 America
Margaret Eastman Smith
Emma Lazarus’s Song for 2026 America
Margaret Eastman Smith

Surveying America's anthems ahead of its 250th anniversary

Margaret Eastman Smith
The Shackles of Guilt and Shame
Bjørn Ole Austad
The Shackles of Guilt and Shame
Bjørn Ole Austad

Facing history's darkest truths can liberate individuals and nations

Bjørn Ole Austad
A Man Worth Fighting For
Aishwarya Vardhana
A Man Worth Fighting For
Aishwarya Vardhana

Reading the Mahabharata and the Bible in a Time of Male Power

Aishwarya Vardhana

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