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Changes and Reflections: Rights of Nonbelievers Publicly Acknowledged at UN

by David I. Orenstein • 25 October 2018

Since the founding of the United Nations, the role of the United States has been to bolster its sovereignty by diplomatically rejecting the nativist impulses of dictators or their nationalist governments. Never perfect, but demonstrating... Read More

Caravans and Controls: Fear, Hate, Foreign Aid, and the Ghassanids

by Judd Lienhard • 24 October 2018

President Trump is threatening to cut foreign aid to Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras (which he still doesn't seem to understand he doesn't quite have the power to do) because a ragtag group of thousands... Read More

Absence of Religion Is Not the Impetus behind China’s Human Rights Abuses

by Abigail Ulman • 31 July 2018

The human rights abuses perpetrated by the Chinese government against their ethnic Muslim Uyghur minority have been gaining significant media attention. With a population of fifteen million Uyghurs, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is located... Read More

The US Should Be Engaging the World, Not Running from It

by Matthew Bulger • 2 July 2018

The United States has, over the past century, been a leading voice on the international stage on a variety of issues. We helped establish the post-WWII international order, led advocacy for human rights, and have... Read More

Coming to Terms: World Health Organization Takes Positive Step with Transgender Reclassification

by Melody Stringer • 27 June 2018

Last week marked a step forward for the global trans community. On Monday, June 18, The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that “transgender” would no longer be classified as a mental health disorder in the... Read More

Islamic Radicalism Looms over December Election in Bangladesh

by Isabelle Oldfield • 18 April 2018

The South Asian country of Bangladesh, which sits to the east of India and the west of Myanmar, is one on the most densely populated countries in the world. Islamic extremism has been rising in... Read More

What Education Professionals Can Learn from Finland

by Amethyst Tagney • 25 January 2018

Sometimes it feels like we live in a standardized world, especially to our students. With standardized tests factoring so heavily in assessing whether or not a US student is doing well in school, it can... Read More

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