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Review: Free Burma
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Tragedy & Triumph
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
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Press Pause on the Rush to War
Don't Talk, Do Something! Palestinian/Israeli Unilateralism as Legitimate Negotiations
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
The Obama administration ignores an American imprisoned in Egypt
Columbia Prof Uses Math To Create World Peace
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Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Using Peace 'Means' to Achieve Peaceful 'Ends'
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
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How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
Stop atrocities before they start
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
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Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria
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Why we should keep out of Somalia’s affairs
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
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Reflections of a Catholic American on bin Laden’s death
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A Peacebuilding Approach to Teaching About Extremism
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
Marginalizing Muslims in Switzerland
Education in Tanzania: Losing the Future
Achieving the mission: A conversation with UPEACE Vice Rector Amr Abdalla
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Faith dialogue focus on social media sites
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When soldiers commit murder
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
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Egypt frees U.S. charity worker Aya Hijazi from prison
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ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
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Syria’s Christian conundrum
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What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
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U.S. Drones Mobilize Pakistani Nonviolent Movement
Problem-solving approach privileges both parties
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In Israel, the Rent Is Too Damn High
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Syria's Next Generation
Growing Sense of Polarization and Escalating Tensions in Crimea Ahead of 69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
Rituals of Gendered Violence: School Girl Kidnappings in Nigeria
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Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
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The Price of Abandoning Yemen
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Open letter to President-elect Trump and government officials at all levels
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Are Direct Negotiations Good or Bad for the Palestinians?
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OP-ED: Iran in the Era of Moderation and Reform
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Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
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Resolved to Keep Faith
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Genocide or Terrorism? Transnational Advocacy and the Ogaden Conflict
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Nonviolent resistance key to Middle East breakthrough
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
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The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
An Extreme Sport: Middle East Peacebuilding
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Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
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Producing solutions by appreciating the interconnections
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9/11 Forever (and Ever)
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Morocco a Stable East-West Bridge
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Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
Horizon that is always receding
Lawmakers in Washington increasingly concerned about Ethiopia
Lecture by Susan Hirsch at San Anton Palace
Scholars skeptical on Japan apology
New Crimean Tatar History Book Comes Under Attack from Russian Nationalist Groups
People to People Contact
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Gridlock is death for deliberation
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Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Options for Action in Syria
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The costly errors of America's wars
Realising peace potential of constitution
The Emperor’s new clothes – bluster in the GOP
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
America’s litmus test on Syria
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
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The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
Washington’s rapprochement with Syria is welcomed but not enough
Imagining Peace: The Practical Advantages for Muslims, Jews and Christians of Peace for Palestine and Israel
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Busting the Biofuels Boom
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Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Obama's Middle East Speech: The Message Was Not Received
The Difference Between Protest America 1968 And 2017
Ten lessons from Myanmar's peace process
Conflict as an opportunity
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
EU Threat Has Inspired Panic Rather than Reform
Explosion of the Sacred
Does China Have a Foreign Policy?
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
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A surprise from Trump’s first 100 days: His first international rescue was a Muslim woman
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Art Student Set to Send ‘Transformative’ Project Up in Flames on Mason Pond
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Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
How a glacier could thaw dangerous India and Pakistan freeze
Netanyahu's Kennedy moment
Honoring National Service in War and Peace
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
Don't forget Malaysia
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Can the Tribes of NATO help the Tribes of Afghanistan?
Senators Welcome Release of Unjustly Imprisoned Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi
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CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
China’s Puzzling ADIZ Decision Making
Universities More Moderate than Believed
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
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The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Egypt: Revolution or bust
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Next Up in Somalia’s Fragile Transition: Bridge Political Divides
Peaceful Dispute Resolution Ideas
A New United Nations of Human Rights Countries
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened
Point of View opens—A place for conflict conversation, transformation
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
How to save the American Dream
Israel Claims Holy Sites, Reignites Religious Flashpoint
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
Equality in action: A conversation at the checkpoint
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
Elections are good, right? Well, not always
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Only Good Governance can Defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
Working Abroad a Big Help on the Hill
These fiscal cliff hawks ought to be foreign policy doves
Europe Must Help Syria’s Women Make Peace
Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
How a monk-turned-street artist sees New York City’s homeless
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Ukrainian and Crimean Authorities Snub OSCE over Minority Rights
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
A Caution Against Framing Syria as an Assad-Opposition Dichotomy
Drones weaken USA's moral might: Opposing view
An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya Hijazi?
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
GMU Student Burns Pagoda For Senior Art Project
Seeking Opportunities for Intervention: One woman’s efforts to positively influence inner-city youth: Interview with Mary Wade
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Prevention better than punitive in Syria
IRP leader speaks in Washington, unsure of party goals and wary of Tajikistan’s future
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Comment: A federal constituent “state” is not in the interest of Turkish Cypriots
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
The three-ring circus of American politics
The Speech that Time Forgot
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
BHU holds seminar on peacebuilding
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here’s her story.
A Cultural Awakening Leads to Abundance of Conflict Resolution Opportunities
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Coup-Speak Speaking
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
Muslim Women Find Empowerment Through Competitive Sports
Regionalization of Conflict and Opportunities for Peace in the Horn of Africa
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
Afghans Want U.S. to Stay but Do Things Differently
Roads: Getting Them Done
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Adjunct Faculty Demand Change
Vision Series: Sandra Cheldelin to Discuss Women and Conflict
Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi returns to US following Egypt court acquittal
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
The Chinese Dream From Mao to Xi
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Essay on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement هل العرب أمام سايكس بيكو جديدة؟
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Maltese neutrality still a brilliant idea
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
Turkmenistan cautiously opens to the world
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
China and Japan engage neocortices
The highest high and the lowest low: Colombian’s NO to the peace agreement or how to deeply hurt hope in 24 hours or less
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
Has outgoing Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal brought about a new, more peaceful, face to the organization?
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
American impotence and the ‘Born in Jerusalem’ law
Motives of suicide terrorists
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
Westboro Baptist Church: Thanks for Visiting and Come Again
Peace Parsha: Hayyei Sarah - Love and Care across Boundaries
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
The American Elections: Prospects for a New US Foreign Policy
A Budget for Working America
Why, Indeed, History Should Sometimes Repeat Itself: a Review of History as a Prelude
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
The Art of Appeasement, Part I Unraveling a Patchwork of Improvised Disaster
Saudi rejects foreign interference in Iraq, blames ‘sectarian’ Maliki | Reuters
Doing Due Diligence on Diplomacy With Damascus
The World Discovers Afghanistan’s Peaceful Clerics
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Shank: White House, Congress Choosing Wrong Path on Iran
Donald Trump’s bigotry has inspired U.S. Muslim voters like no candidate before
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
What the Middle East can learn from Southeast Asia
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Death to America in Yemen? No.
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Sorting Out Our Options in Afghanistan
The Harm in Hashtags
65 years after 'catastrophe,' Palestinians have little to cheer about
Confronting genocide in Myanmar: The urgent need to prevent and protect
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
Gulf Nations Can Provide Jobs, Which Is Crucial to Syrian Refugees
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
How Trump Gives Negotiation a Bad Name
Netanyahu’s address to Congress is a recipe for disaster, not peace
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; Resolving Conflicts in the Caucasus
Civility: The Way We Drive
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan
Is the OSCE relevant to Cyprus? Or is Cyprus irrelevant to the OSCE?
Firing Up Kurdish Nationalism in Iraq
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
America cannot afford such inequality
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
The Meaning of Freedom
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Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
Mason Center Works Toward a Peaceful Future
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Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Why Should Israel Care What the Rest of the World Thinks?
The Politics of Bongo Flava
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Arab Gulf States Wary of Iran’s Role in the Battle for Mosul
Indignados de Wall Street, ¿el Tea Party de la izquierda?
Trump 'ordered Sisi' to release US-Egyptian charity worker
Stitching together the torn fabric of church and society
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Why China’s New Rich Want to Emigrate
Conflict Analysis and Resolution Students Named Boren Fellows
The Indoctrination Myth
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Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Bring Russia out of the cold and into the fold
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Palestinian Child Attackers Are Victims, Not Terrorists
How Germans Go Green
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The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Peace – practical, not fanciful
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Vietnam and Great Power Rivalries
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What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
10 Ways Conflict is Like Sex
Peshmerga-Iraqi forces united over Mosul, but can this last?
Anti-immigration Legislation Makes Cities and Citizens Less Safe
Dirty Energy Dollars
America's police are looking more and more like the military
We Lead Developed World in Poverty and Inequality
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
GOP, follow Stevens' example
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
Why the US must support bid for Palestinian statehood
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
Human Rights of Crimean Tatars Discussed in European Parliament
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Promoting peace, locally and globally
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
For Economic Growth, Repeal Drug Laws and Rehabilitate Ex-Cons
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Jerusalem’s potential to bring Jews and Muslims together
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
The inclusion of women in the peacemaking process
Monk-Turned-Street Artist Paints the Homeless to Teach New Yorkers Compassion
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
Is America turning into a failed state?
Faith-Based Diplomacy
Why I'm Going to Yemen
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
A peace dividend we should all want
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
A Local First approach to early warning and response
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Fuel for extremism is beyond Bin Laden, EMU prof says
Trump is ‘deprived of all knowledge’ about public schools
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Can J Street Sideline AIPAC?
On “The Mystery of Capital”
"With friends like these..." on Romney's comments about Israeli and Palestinian culture
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Scars of the Khmer Rouge: How Cambodia is healing from a genocide
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
An online occupation
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
Comment: The Cyprus Challenge: A solution paradigm shift
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
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