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Busting the Biofuels Boom
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Promoting Peace and Conflict Awareness In Small Town America: Independence, Kansas
The three-ring circus of American politics
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
The Meaning of Freedom
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Hurricane Joaquin: Another Word for Climate Change
Higher education leans left. But why? And so what?
Myanmar Fighting Poses Dilemma for China
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
Climate crisis and the will to act
Crisis management system for Japan and China
Proof Nuclear Energy Is a Huge Security Risk
GOP, follow Stevens' example
Confronting Homeland Security's 'SSSS' Watch List
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Measuring the cost of violence
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Women in Combat
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
Activists: Release of Detainees in Syria Crucial to Peace Process
Doing away with food deserts in the District
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
A Callous Disregard for the Law
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Rights groups renew request for release of defendants in the Belady Foundation case and urge compliance with legal standards for pretrial detention
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
Settler Turned Peace Activist Now Occupies Wall Street: Kobi Skolnick Puts Jewish Stamp on Protest, Not Just on Holidays
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Conference on Activist H. Thurman Held on ‘9/11’ Anniversary
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
Semites Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But your Conflict
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
When soldiers commit murder
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Rubenstein, Faculty Member of the Year, took time to find his calling
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
Final Frontier on Carbon Emissions: Food
A Strike Against Israel
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
A new look at climate change
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Collaboration with China is preferable to containment
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
Civility: The Way We Drive
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Working for world peace here at home
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
Shank and Powell: Climate Change Fight Includes Private Sector
How to save the American Dream
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Yemen needs action, not just talk
Our moral obligations in Somalia
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Is America turning into a failed state?
Honoring National Service in War and Peace
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Feckless on Foreign Policy
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
62nd Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportation “Protest Meeting” in Simferopol, Crimea Went By Peacefully
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
How Germans Go Green
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
Americans have had enough conflict
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Mason Professors, Graduates Take Active Role in Latin American Conflicts
Embracing Healthier Communities Through Clean Energy
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Go After Super Pollutants
Advocates for Egypt’s street children face unjust imprisonment
Options for Action in Syria
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
U.S. Couple Held In Egyptian Prison For 1 Year Over Unfounded Child Abuse
Nonviolent resistance key to Middle East breakthrough
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
A New Model for American Foreign Policy
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
The World Does Not Need a Jewish Ann Coulter: An Open Letter To Ben Shapiro.
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Climate change denial — the dangerous lie
Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Syria Conflict Panel
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Transforming a Nation
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
The Noxious Origins of NYC Gentrification: Cooking Gas
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
Cyclone Pam Is Just the Start
Behind the Headlines: Israeli Arab's Water Project May Aid Regional Cooperation
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
US Lawmaker Urges Egypt to Release Dual Citizen
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
Somalia on the Brink
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Fulbright Scholars Offer Tips to Win the Prize
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
The Indoctrination Myth
Conflict as an opportunity
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Crashing in America
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
A Westside Story: Through the Eyes of a Sandtown Child!
Egypt: Revolution or bust
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
American Aid Worker, Release Secured by Trump Officials, Leaves Egypt
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
Unclenched Fists
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Dirty Energy Dollars
Richard Solomon Proved Sport Matters through the ‘Ping-Pong’ Diplomacy, and George Mason University is Poised to Tell Us How
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
Democratic Party looks like America
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
Do We Need Dictatorship?
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Meat Alert
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
How to fix our police departments
Cost of inaction will be great
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
Addressing divide between communities and police
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
How Peer Pressure Brought Australia on Board Climate Fund
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Making Nonviolent Statecraft into a Self-Evident Truth
The ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Indian Point: Past Its Expiration Date
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
The challenge of violent extremism
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
Former Del. Jim Scott remembered for selfless public service
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Dirt on Our Hands
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Press Pause on the Rush to War
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Terrorism and Development
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
A Budget for Working America
State Department Should Speak Out For Aya Hijazi, US Human Rights Defender In Egypt Prison
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Awakening to Women: The Nobel Effect
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
Syria's Next Generation
America’s litmus test on Syria
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Gun Bans Aren't the Only Answer to America's Violence Problem
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
Aziz Abu Sarah – Ending the Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Because National Governments Won't, Cities Are Pushing Zero-Energy Buildings
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
America's Water Supply Is Going Down the Drain
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Today, I join Khader Adnan’s hunger strike – will you?
Keeping the Keys: The Rise of the Palestinian Diplomatic Intifada
Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention
America's police are looking more and more like the military
Minimum wage war reaches tipping point
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Politics Unusual
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
Detroit On The Brink
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Roads: Getting Them Done
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
A Cultural Awakening Leads to Abundance of Conflict Resolution Opportunities
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
What Are the Rules of War?
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
A picture of hope and courage
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana

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