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In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Duly Elected Tyranny: Recovering Democracy in the Age of Majority Abuses
Point of View opens—A place for conflict conversation, transformation
America's police are looking more and more like the military
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
Invest in the Afghan people not foreign contractors
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
Explosion of the Sacred
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
Responding to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Religious Freedom the Answer?
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Cyclone Pam Is Just the Start
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Mason Professors, Graduates Take Active Role in Latin American Conflicts
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
Stop atrocities before they start
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
A.T. Ariyaratne: Leading Sri Lanka's Largest Civil Society Movement for 50 Years
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
25 Rights groups: The Belady Foundation case demonstrates that individual and community initiatives face only repression and fabricated charges
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
A Budget for Working America
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
Gun Bans Aren't the Only Answer to America's Violence Problem
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Yemen needs action, not just talk
Climate crisis and the will to act
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
How Germans Go Green
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
The case for compulsory voting
How to save the American Dream
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
Monk-Turned-Street Artist Paints the Homeless to Teach New Yorkers Compassion
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
Election campaigns and the politics of performance
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Honoring National Service in War and Peace
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Dirty Energy Dollars
Meat Alert
Coup-Speak Speaking
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Egypt’s Street Children, Aya Hijazi, and Me
Behind the Headlines: Israeli Arab's Water Project May Aid Regional Cooperation
Highland Community College Board Candidates Weigh District's Financial, Enrollment Woes
Roads: Getting Them Done
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
From protests to politics, a new way forward for Yemen
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
Cardin Meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister
How to fix our police departments
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
American Aid Worker Is Cleared of Child Abuse Charges in Egypt
Hillel Event Bridges Israeli-Palestinian Gap
Climate change denial — the dangerous lie
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
National Geographic Expeditions ‘Holy Land’ Partner Scores Top UN Award
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
After 900 days in pre-trial detention, campaigns call for release of Aya Hegazy
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Africa: Can January Makamba Be the Next President of Tanzania?
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
The Green Wave washes over a movement in hibernation
Crimean Tatars Fear for Their Safety After Crimea’s Annexation to Russia
Post-Election Ferguson: Bipartisan Congress to Demilitarize Police
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
An Ill-Advised Purge in Libya
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
Tunisia’s Elections Seal Transition, Raise Fears of Old Regime
Hurricane Joaquin: Another Word for Climate Change
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Clash of Dreams: Becoming a ‘Normal Country’ in East Asia
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
The Noxious Origins of NYC Gentrification: Cooking Gas
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
A Caution Against Framing Syria as an Assad-Opposition Dichotomy
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
Mirëdita Dobar Dan Festival in Belgrade: We Stuck our Foot in the Open Door
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Peace Parsha: Hayyei Sarah - Love and Care across Boundaries
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
Jordan Valley essential for a viable Palestinian state
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Missing From Trial: Detainee Statements
GOP, follow Stevens' example
Civility: The Way We Drive
Don't forget Malaysia
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Unholy Media Malpractice: The press totally missed the point of Bernie Sanders' trip to the Vatican.
Collaboration with China is preferable to containment
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Cost of inaction will be great
Voices: In midst of war, life goes on for Syrian kids
Yeni Bir Toplumsal Sozlesme Arayisi
The Politics of Bongo Flava
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Crashing in America
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Higher education leans left. But why? And so what?
Crisis management system for Japan and China
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
Syria's Next Generation
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018
People to People Contact
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
How Egypt’s most famous jailed couple celebrated Valentine’s Day
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
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
What Are the Rules of War?
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
How Peer Pressure Brought Australia on Board Climate Fund
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
Awakening to Women: The Nobel Effect
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
Addressing divide between communities and police
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Working for Peace in the Age of Trump
Faith-Based Diplomacy
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Dirt on Our Hands
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Americans have had enough conflict
In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
Detroit On The Brink
A Cultural Awakening Leads to Abundance of Conflict Resolution Opportunities
Review: Free Burma
America’s litmus test on Syria
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
On “The Mystery of Capital”
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
Egypt: Revolution or bust
Creating Resilient Communities
Learning from SIGIR's Final Report on Iraq Reconstruction
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
When soldiers commit murder
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Beyer Statement On Acquittal of Aya Hijazi and Her Co-Defendants in Egypt
Universities More Moderate than Believed
Indian Point: Past Its Expiration Date
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
Using Israeli and Palestinian Guides, Tour Group Helps Visitors ‘Experience the People’
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
A new look at climate change
Adjunct Faculty Demand Change
A Callous Disregard for the Law
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
The challenge of violent extremism
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society - new report
Why Protest? And What’s Next: Truth-Telling and Reconciliation for Ferguson and Beyond
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
The Bo Xilai Verdict: Everybody Wins
Realising peace potential of constitution
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
Embracing Healthier Communities Through Clean Energy
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
We're Unfair to Draft-Card Burners
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Transforming a Nation
Fuel for extremism is beyond Bin Laden, EMU prof says
Syria Conflict Panel
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
Go After Super Pollutants
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
The three-ring circus of American politics
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Terrorism and Development
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
Who is Aya Hijazi, the American freed from jail in Egypt?
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Because National Governments Won't, Cities Are Pushing Zero-Energy Buildings
Doing away with food deserts in the District
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Iraqi Kurdistan fears Maliki returning to power
The Art of Appeasement, Part I Unraveling a Patchwork of Improvised Disaster
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Mason students discuss Islamophobia
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Women in Combat
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Democratic Party looks like America
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
Politics Unusual
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
The Coming Rise of Afghan Militias
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
Our moral obligations in Somalia
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Final Frontier on Carbon Emissions: Food
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
Chomsky Takes on the World (Bank)
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Hamas Advocating Dialogue Through Children’s Cartoon?
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Education in Tanzania: Losing the Future
Post-Mubarak Egypt: From successful protest to sustainable social transformation
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Six leading Libyan women dominate Virginia conference on Libya
U.S. Sanctions On Iran Should Be Lifted For Humanitarian Goods
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry
After Nearly Three Years, An American In Egypt Walks Free
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Proof Nuclear Energy Is a Huge Security Risk
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Options for Action in Syria
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
Aya Hegazy trial postponed for 5th time after court unable to turn on laptop
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Ineffective tightening of sanctions on Iran
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
China and Japan REALLY Don’t Like Each Other
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Hong Kong's 'Occupy': A movement for universal suffrage in Hong Kong is worrying Beijing
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
Hamas Should Be Part of Middle East Peace Talks
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Needed: Social Engineering?
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
Direct Analytical Approach to Peacebuilding
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Heavy metal music unites Jews and Muslims across the Middle East
Is America turning into a failed state?
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Shank and Powell: Climate Change Fight Includes Private Sector
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
Do We Need Dictatorship?
Reading Dr Ambedkar as a narrative for social change
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
The Indoctrination Myth
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
Court clears American aid worker after 3 years behind bars in Egypt
Bible Texts Misused in Rumsfeld Reports, Religious Leaders Say
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Darfur Donor Conference: A Park for a Deadly Conflict
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Measuring the cost of violence
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Future of Crimean Tartar Muslims Hangs in the Balance
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
The Ugly Reality Of Islamophobia (And How Catholics Should Stand Up Against It)
Somalia on the Brink
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader

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