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

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