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October is Bjørn Lomborg Month!

Bjørn Lomborg has been known for stirring up controversy. Ever since the release of the 2001 bestseller, The Skeptical Environmentalist, Lomborg has made headlines by challenging mainstream concerns about...

28 Sep 2010

Don’t Wait, Integrate: Dr. Kristin J. Anderson calls for the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell in a blog for Psychology Today

As congress weighs the decision of whether to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, some argue that greater acceptance among heterosexual servicemembers must precede institutionalized protections for...

27 Sep 2010

The Fifteenth Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide: Marš Mira (Peace March)—Part One of a Series

Marš Mira (Peace March) July 8-10, 2010 click  images throughout for larger versions Map of the Peace March, Nezuk The three-day commemorative “peace march” began on the morning of July 8 with...

Sarah E. Wagner, Lara J. Nettelfield | 21 Sep 2010

You heard it here first: Michael Likowsky retools “An Infrastructure Bank”

Obama’s Bank: Financing a Durable New Deal author Michael Likowsky expands his This Side of the Pond piece from last week for The Huffington Post. Read it here, but don’t forget how it all...

13 Sep 2010

A Blind Eye to Campus Anti-Semitism?

Former director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and head of the federal Office for Civil Rights Kenneth L. Marcus discusses the legal and policy issues behind the ambiguity involved with civil rights...

13 Sep 2010

An Infrastructure Bank: Leveraging Private Investment for Public Works

Yesterday, at Milwaukee’s LaborFest celebration, President Obama announced a National Infrastructure Bank to direct our reinvestment in American public transportation. In doing so, Obama returned to...

Michael Likosky | 7 Sep 2010

Literature of New York

Come hear Bryan Waterman and Cyrus R. K. Patel discuss the evolution of the literature of New York September 15, at 7pm at the New York University Bookstore. Read More ?

4 Sep 2010

Is there any end to party polarization?

With November midterms coming up, it appears the political parties are more polarized than ever!  Sean M. Theriault’s Party Polarization in Congress details our nation’s history of bipartisanship...

1 Sep 2010

Nazi sympathy in 1930s American Universities

Over 20 American colleges sent delegates to Nazi Germany in 1936. It was just a few decades ago that elite education institutions in this country were placing quotas against Jewish students, encouraging...

Stephen H. Norwood | 31 Aug 2010

Understanding the “Ethical” Consumer

It is not uncommon to pick up a flyer at your local health food store and be impressed by the veritable tsunami of the reports and surveys espousing the rising tide of “ethical” consumerism.  Depending...

Timothy M. Devinney, Pat Auger, Giana M. Eckhardt | 25 Aug 2010

An Islamic cultural center in Manhattan?

Plans by the Cordoba Initiative to build a community center that includes a mosque near the former site of the World Trade Center in New York have sparked a heated national debate. Some argue vehemently...

24 Aug 2010

Louise Shelley on Human Trafficking

Louise Shelley will be at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC at 7pm August 23rd, discusses the economics and harsh realities of human trafficking in America. Louise Shelley is the founder and director...

23 Aug 2010