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If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Peace Economics and Occupy Wall Street
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
We Lead Developed World in Poverty and Inequality
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
How Peer Pressure Brought Australia on Board Climate Fund
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
Climate Change Is An Immediate Threat
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
The three-ring circus of American politics
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Our moral obligations in Somalia
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Transforming a Nation
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
Final Frontier on Carbon Emissions: Food
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Somalia Needs a War on Poverty
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
When diplomatic opportunities were dismissed
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Mason Student Studies Emerging Protest Culture Over Land Rights Conflicts in Cambodia
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
Addressing divide between communities and police
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Chomsky Takes on the World (Bank)
Bucolic Peekskill under attack: View
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Options for Action in Syria
Climate change denial — the dangerous lie
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
Why Americans Are Ready to Pay More Money for Cleaner Energy
Behind the Headlines: Israeli Arab's Water Project May Aid Regional Cooperation
Indian Point: Past Its Expiration Date
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
Measuring the cost of violence
America’s litmus test on Syria
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
Instead of Gray’s Raise D.C., Michelle Rhee’s book: Let’s take a truly radical approach to school reform
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
Roads: Getting Them Done
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
What Pope Francis Will Say to America This Week
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
America's police are looking more and more like the military
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Mason/EMU alum Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes UN Climate Summit a Success
Mason Professors, Graduates Take Active Role in Latin American Conflicts
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
My Turkish Airport
Obama Thinks Too Small on Climate Change
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
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
Syria Conflict Panel
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
America's Water Supply Is Going Down the Drain
How the U.S. Deals With a Land Known for Corruption
Because National Governments Won't, Cities Are Pushing Zero-Energy Buildings
Stop atrocities before they start
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
Ethiopian Ruling Coalition Wins Majority of Parliament Seats
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Cost of inaction will be great
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
We can't let climate change turn droughts, flash floods and mudslides into the new normal
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
Is America turning into a failed state?
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Somalia on the Brink
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
Needed: Social Engineering?
Working for world peace here at home
Rep. Charles Rangel: Let's slow down the next superstorm
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Dirty Energy Dollars
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
Adjunct Faculty Demand Change
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
Climate crisis and the will to act
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Why World Leaders Are Starting to Eat Garbage
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
Interview: Zheng Wang
A peace-building response to the rise of 'Trumpism'
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
Highland Community College Board Candidates Weigh District's Financial, Enrollment Woes
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
Oil Is At The Heart Of The Ukraine Crisis
Presidents must come together on East Asia
Americans have had enough conflict
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Why Congress Needs to Act Now On Super-Pollutants
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
Why Forest Whitaker Is Making the UN Goals Famous
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Boycotting Muslim 'Savages' Ad on DC Metro in Protest of Hate Speech
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
Proof Nuclear Energy Is a Huge Security Risk
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
The challenge of violent extremism
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Climate Action Is Solution to Slowing Superstorms | Commentary
Gun Bans Aren't the Only Answer to America's Violence Problem
Protecting America's Clean Drinking Water
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
Resolute in uncertain times: peacebuilding in the new US administration
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Post Eurozone crisis, how to increase a country's resilience to risk
On “The Mystery of Capital”
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Mason student starts ‘sustainable, reproducible’ businesses in war zones
Why US and Chinese cities will make or break any global climate deal
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Go After Super Pollutants
The costly errors of America's wars
Crisis management system for Japan and China
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
A Budget for Working America
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Meat Alert
GOP, follow Stevens' example
UN Summit Already Successful: $50 Billion Divested From Fossil Fuels
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Women in Combat
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Cyclone Pam Is Just the Start
How to save the American Dream
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Fed Up With Climate Change Apathy
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Democratic Party looks like America
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Cyprus – the drama unfolds
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Dirt on Our Hands
The Noxious Origins of NYC Gentrification: Cooking Gas
Hurricane Joaquin: Another Word for Climate Change
An alternative to the World Bank and IMF
Detroit On The Brink
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
Review: Free Burma
Ukraine Diplomatic Deal: Necessary Next Steps
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Why Hong Kong's #OccupyCentral Used Nonviolent Action as Tactic
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
A new look at climate change
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
The Indoctrination Myth
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
The Next Step for Myanmar
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
America cannot afford such inequality
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
How to fix our police departments
How Climate Change Sparked the Crisis in Syria
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
UVA Gives Diversity Awards to Longtime Professors McDowell and Dukes
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
Republicans want to fight climate change, too
National Geographic Expeditions ‘Holy Land’ Partner Scores Top UN Award
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
What Are the Rules of War?
As Ethiopia votes, what’s ‘free and fair’ got to do with it?
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
Embracing Healthier Communities Through Clean Energy
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
How Germans Go Green
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
Letter to the Editor: Dismissal of Evidence Affected Paris Agreement
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
Civility: The Way We Drive
Fayetteville Charity Helps African Group
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Ukraine crisis underscores need for renewables push
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Donald Trump's Immigration Plan Would Ban One-Third of the World From the U.S.
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Terrorism and Development
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
Businesses Must Take the Lead on Climate-Change Action
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
Displaced by Genocide, Mason Student Plans to Help Other Refugees
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
Doing away with food deserts in the District
Land Rights Have Become A Women's Issue Through Social Mobilization In Cambodia
Higher education leans left. But why? And so what?
A Callous Disregard for the Law
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Shank and Powell: Climate Change Fight Includes Private Sector
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Blessed Are the Climate Advocates
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Nigeria: A Network That Reconnects North With Sardauna's Biographer John Paden
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
The Politics of Bongo Flava
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Congress Better Listen to the Pope on Climate Change
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
When soldiers commit murder
Why China’s New Rich Want to Emigrate
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
Letter to the editor: A response to "Immigration could swing it for Brexit"
Collaboration with China is preferable to containment
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
National Geographic Offering Israel Tour: National Geographic Expedition is offering 12-day tours of the Holy Land, complete with hotels and museums
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
Crashing in America
Congress Must Tax Fossil Fuels
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone

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