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We Lead Developed World in Poverty and Inequality
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
The Time For Leadership To Protect All Civilians Across Syria
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
Somalia Needs a War on Poverty
Palestinian Child Attackers Are Victims, Not Terrorists
The costly errors of America's wars
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Doing away with food deserts in the District
When Radio Goes Bad: RF communications and the increased violence in South Sudan
Crashing in America
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Man-to-man chat can avert disaster
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
A Silver Lining to the Film and Riots Tragedy: Freedom, Diversity, and the New Competition for Arab Public Space
Interview: Zheng Wang
George Mason University Partners With an African Nonprofit Organization- 72Africa
Motives of suicide terrorists
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
‘Don’t Disturb The Peace’: Post-Conflict Politics In Aceh, Indonesia
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Rwanda- A Country Still in Need
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs
Fragility Needs Innovative Development Financing
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
As China’s Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish Image
Sudan, after the breakup: Can violence be prevented?
To finally see the invisible Israelis before our eyes
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
An alternative to the World Bank and IMF
Chomsky Takes on the World (Bank)
For young adults who lost parents on Sept. 11, a hope for peace
Measuring the cost of violence
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Climate crisis and the will to act
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Dialogue, satire and the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Is Yemen’s power struggle over?
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Aziz Abu Sarah is a Tour Guide
Embracing Healthier Communities Through Clean Energy
Teach, model, grow and live in empathy to build world peace, says interfaith expert Marc Gopin at Frontier Luncheon
Questions must be about gun safety
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Managing the Madness in the Middle East
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
Peace – practical, not fanciful
How Belgraders Remember the NATO Bombings
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
Transforming a Nation
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
Americans have had enough conflict
The Price of Abandoning Yemen
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
Crisis management system for Japan and China
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
The 2017 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate: Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
Crimean Crisis Escalates Further
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
When soldiers commit murder
A Callous Disregard for the Law
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Holy Land tours a new tool in peacebuilding
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
Why Did Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Go to Iraq?
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
Rwanda: Opening the door to dialogue (Claudine Kuradusenge)
Administrative Referendum: A wakeup call for the ethno-political conflict in Darfur
The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
What Are the Rules of War?
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
Why the White House Won't Win the Afghanistan War
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
There is a Major Climate Issue Hiding in Your Closet: Fast Fashion
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
A peace dividend we should all want
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Our moral obligations in Somalia
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
Cure Police Violence As If It Were a Disease
Deadly challenge of keeping Syria health-care workers safe
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
The three-ring circus of American politics
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
The challenge of violent extremism
Armenian, Azeri experts' Karabakh settlement recommendations
Civil Society Is Faltering In This Middle East Nation
Who to Blame for the Absence of a Kurdish State after Sykes Picot?
9 Costs of Drone Strikes
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
Cost of inaction will be great
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Confronting genocide in Myanmar: The urgent need to prevent and protect
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
كاتبة فلسطينية تعيش في واشنطن: أطفالنا ضحايا وليسوا إرهابيين
Horizon that is always receding
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
America Must Rethink the War on Terror: The Authorization for Use of Military Force needs to be modified to avoid mission creep
Politics and Language: Dimension Beyond Words
Graduate students spend spring break with Syrian refugees
How a glacier could thaw dangerous India and Pakistan freeze
Syria Conflict Panel
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
The Ottoman Experience in Mosul, Then and Now
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
A new look at climate change
Israelis and Palestinians -- rage, fear and misunderstanding
Yemen Can't Do It Alone
Will Saudi Arabia's 'Operation Decisive Storm' restore order in Yemen?
Keeping USAID: why the US shouldn’t cut off its nose
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
Crimean Tatars fear exile again
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
The Indoctrination Myth
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
Peace Economics and Occupy Wall Street
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
Arts and Peacebuilding
Seeking Opportunities for Intervention: One woman’s efforts to positively influence inner-city youth: Interview with Mary Wade
Students discuss effects of Charlie Hebdo shooting
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Instead of Gray’s Raise D.C., Michelle Rhee’s book: Let’s take a truly radical approach to school reform
Mason’s Global Problem Solving Consortium in National Spotlight
The Missing Ingredient in UN's 2030 Global Goals
Congress makes Elmo cry by defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
How to stop Libya becoming another Iraq
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
Insight Policing and the Role of the Civilian in Police Accountability
Could ‘Insight Policing’ have saved Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and others?
What Aziz Abu Sarah learned in Hebrew school
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Sandy Hook shootings: We need to focus on more than just gun control
America’s litmus test on Syria
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
The Future of Kurdistan, Between Unity and Balkanization
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
Dirty Energy Dollars
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
GOP, follow Stevens' example
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Needed: Social Engineering?
Using hip-hop to resolve global conflict
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
The Next Step for Myanmar
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Tariq Ramadan in Chicago's Holocaust Museum
Stop atrocities before they start
Overnight Crimean Crisis Hits Stalemate
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Options for Action in Syria
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
Religion and Power Moving Forward into the Twenty-First Century
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
How to fix our police departments
Don't let Yemen turn into Syria: Column
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
A Budget for Working America
Palestine: Still key to stability in the Middle East
Higher education leans left. But why? And so what?
10 Syria Questions for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: A Response to the Rise of Racism in Israel
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
How to save the American Dream
Working for world peace here at home
Cyprus – the drama unfolds
Charleston Shootings: The Intersection Of Race And Gender
Somalia on the Brink
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Addressing divide between communities and police
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Vatican Mayors Summit Spots Pope on Municipal Pulpit
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
A Palestinian’s journey from stone-throwing to conflict resolution
خبير في النزاعات الدولية: ترامب سيبيع الورقة السورية لبوتين (حوار)
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Is America turning into a failed state?
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
The ISIS takeover of Ramadi means hard choices face the Iraqi and US governments
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
Hillary Clinton’s Response to the Pulse Orlando Shootings
Anticipating the Syria of Tomorrow: Strategies to Decrease Violence Against Innocents
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Go After Super Pollutants
Sorry, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Rohingya Crisis Is No Laughing Matter
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Libya: A failed state or a failed government?
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Civilian Devastation During War Explored in ‘Why They Die’
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
Hottest Year on Record, 2014, Brings Economic Opportunity
Roads: Getting Them Done
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
To stop al-Shabab, help Somali people
Bosnia: Stabilization Stalled in Negative Peace
Denied Victimhood and Contested Narratives: The Case of Hutu Diaspora
Obama must stand up to Netanyahu on Israeli settler violence
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
I Was a Palestinian Stone-thrower. Here's Why I Stopped
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
Terrorism and Development
Conflict-sensitive Repatriation: Lessons from Displaced Communities in North-eastern Nigeria
Awakening the Demons: There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
Future of Crimean Tartar Muslims Hangs in the Balance
Couple Spend Their Wedding Money on Street Children, End up in an Egyptian Prison
Afghan-U.S. relations damaged by shooting: analyst
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
A camp for young people touched by terror
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
Mason Partners with Ghana-based African Peace Building Organization
Tragedy & Triumph
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
Gun Bans Aren't the Only Answer to America's Violence Problem
Why China’s New Rich Want to Emigrate
Nimr Al Nimr: Anatomy of a Man
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
America's Water Supply Is Going Down the Drain
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
America cannot afford such inequality
Essebsi Must Work With Islamists to Ensure Tunisia’s Transition
Feckless on Foreign Policy
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Afghan civil society calls for just peace
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
Syrian Ramadan at the Edge of War
5 Ways We Should Radically Reconsider War
Detroit On The Brink
Social media project addresses extremist violence at home and abroad
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
Unclenched Fists
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Dirt on Our Hands
Keeping Iran and Saudi Arabia From War
Post Eurozone crisis, how to increase a country's resilience to risk
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
Conflict resolution workshop benefits Patriots and participants
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Aziz Abu Sarah Named National Geographic Emerging Explorer
CPCS Hosted Conference in Washington D.C.
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
The Syrian Revolution Is Not a Holy War
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
An 'Afghan Summer' of revolt - Part 2
Why U.S. Could Opt For 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
What Secretary Clinton Does Not Recognize About Egypt’s Anti-Regime Protests
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
Reimagining Transitional Justice in Bali
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
Why Congress Should Care About the Beepocalypse | Commentary
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
Meat Alert
The Ghailani Verdict - Susan Hirsch featured in the New York Times
The Current of Discord on the Mekong
It's the Arab spring for dictators
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Bosnia Back on the Brink: Ukraine can learn from Bosnia's failed socioeconomic policies
If You Want Revenge for 9/11, Don't Look to the Kids Who Lost A Parent
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
Slavery and Climate – There's More in Common Than You Think, Vatican Says
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
A look at the American 'Countering Violent Extremism' strategy
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
The World Does Not Need a Jewish Ann Coulter: An Open Letter To Ben Shapiro.
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Boarding the Train for a Trip into the Past
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Dignity for Iran equals an Iran free of nuclear weapons
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Why Qaddafi's Death Is Significant
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
A Peacebuilding Travel Log
My Turkish Airport
Why the Gun Control Debate Doesn't Do Justice to Colorado Killings
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
Tanzanian President’s Former Aide Plans Bid to Succeed Him
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry
Turkey’s once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Palestinian, Jew give both sides on joint Jerusalem tours
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Politics and the city – the battle over Istanbul’s Gezi park
On “The Mystery of Capital”
Ending the Exploitation of People and the Planet
Review: Free Burma
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
Don't Let China Dominate: When it comes to renewable energy, China is trumping the U.S.
When Contested Narratives of Identity and Victimhood are Victims of Politics
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
'Delenda Carthago': ISIS, threat and recovery
"We Are Not Like Them": Itamar Massacre Activates A Dangerous Israeli-Jewish Ethnocentrism
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
Crimean Tatars Fear for Their Safety After Crimea’s Annexation to Russia
How I learned to forgive my brother’s murderers
Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation
Press Pause on the Rush to War
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
Democratic Party looks like America
Women in Combat
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Washington Area Students Weigh in on South Sudan Conflict
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
How China’s Economic Rebalancing is like the Movie 'Speed'
Academics & Activists Discuss Poverty, Inequality, Conflict
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Palestine's Right to Defend Itself
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
Mason Student Strives to Bring Peace Before Dangerous African Presidential Vote
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Peace-maker: We must look below the surface
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
Sarajevo: Memories of war
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
The Saudis and the Iranians Need to Talk: And we need to make it happen
Busting the Biofuels Boom
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Chattanooga: on the need to fight terror with reason
The Search for the ‘Why’ of Fort Hood
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
Vision Series: Sandra Cheldelin to Discuss Women and Conflict
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
How to Pull Yemen Back from the Edge
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
America's police are looking more and more like the military

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