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The 'anti-science' side of the political divide
The Big Problems in Obama's Big Trade Deals
Why Washington is wrong to impose visa suspension on Iraqis
Obama's First 100 Days in the White House
How the Pentagon Brought War Home to America's Main Streets
Bernie Sanders vows to fight Islamophobia and 'ugly stain of racism' in the US
Sit down with Iran to ensure there is no ‘October surprise’
Climate crisis and the will to act
New Language Needed in US- Russian Relations
GOP, follow Stevens' example
A Plea for Rejectionist Electioneering
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
'Less Violent' Does Not Have to Mean 'Apathetic'
Confederate flag: hatred or heritage?
Expect Resource Wars With Exxon CEO At State Helm
Introducing the Obamas at the Convention
Coming to America: MRAPs, Drones, Grenades & Assault Weapons
How Did Democratic Candidates Do? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
Republicans and the Mennonite vote
Americans have had enough conflict
Author, Terrorism Victim Hirsch Says Capital Punishment Hurts U.S. Image Abroad
Should Energy Go Local?
A Russian/American Nuclear Treaty: Global Implications
Saving District of Columbia’s Youth Court
How to fix our police departments
What My Amish and Mennonite Forefathers Would Think About My Job in Congress (and Why I Left)
'Unusual not to announce an order to evacuate'
Obama's Notre Dame Address
Challenges Await Kerry As He Joins Israel-Gaza Peacemaking Efforts, Says Expert
America's Role in the World
Politics of Gun Control, Part 2: NRA, Congress and America's Social Capital
Options for Action in Syria
Lone wolf senator builds case to engage Myanmar
Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
What Do We Mean When We Say "Clean Energy"?
Fallacy of a moderate mullah
Obama won't be able to repeat his China climate change deal in India. Here's the next best thing.
Youth from all areas of Philadelphia kick off Peace Olympics with March
Sequester set to sock it to D.C.’s poorest
Mason intern ventures into rural Mexico conflict zone to practice mediation
Promoting peace, locally and globally
Rand Paul Got It Right on ISIS
Once More unto the Heights: Race, Class and Conflict in America
Free West Papua: Growing International Solidarity for a Forgotten Independence Movement
Edwards Boosts Obama Campaign
'Yemen Model' Fails With ISIS; Turks-Kurds' Unusual Kobani Alliance
The Federal response in Malheur and far right extremism
Anacostia: Why I have faith in the future of my neighborhood
Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat
More record warmth means more flooding: Column
A Palestinian drasha for Rosh Hashana
Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions
Hillary Clinton Asks Egypt’s President Sisi to Release Aya Hijazi
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
What will Rep. Dennis Kucinich's legacy be?
Busting the Biofuels Boom
یەریڤان سەعید، توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی كەنداو لە واشنتۆن:
America: Land of Tolerance
Bipartisan Legislation Introduced in Congress to Demilitarize America
Why Bernie Sanders is standing with Muslims
Our Love-Hate Relationship With Frankenstorms and Hurricane Sandy and Why We Must End It
No Iran deal, but significant progress in Geneva
Tea Party Queen -- Solon Simmons Discusses Michelle Bachmann's Bid for Presidency
Tackling the most grave and serious global security threats
Addressing divide between communities and police
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
How to save the American Dream
Insights Obama can now use to undermine Putin’s narrative
Implications of potential strike on Iran by Israel
Gun Bans Aren't the Only Answer to America's Violence Problem
Meryl Streep is right; bullying hurts us all
Bush's Farewell Address
Fearful America: How Militarized Police Are Failing to Protect & Serve
WATCH: Bernie Sanders hugs Muslim student, vows to fight racism as Jew
Tale of Two Conventions: Why Charlotte Wins Over White Tampa
Past a certain point conflict becomes unstoppable
Effects of a Potential Government Shut-down: Analysis by Solon Simmons
Bradley Manning, Collateral Murder, Truth, and Power
Richard Rubenstein - Understanding "Islamophobia"
Is America turning into a failed state?
UC Berkeley holds 6th annual TED conference, explores themes of wisdom, compassion
Obama, Afghanistan, and Iraq
Africa Needs More from Obama than Promises
Hind Kabawat on Canada's Role to the Syria Refugee Crisis
In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting
Syria and the Need for Peaceful Conflict Resolution
Hu Jintao Visits the US: Analysis by Solon Simmons
A Fixable Problem for Our Society
Prof. Gopin: Actions that Accompany Negotiations
Marc Gopin's Response to President Obama's Speech in Cairo: A New Beginning
Time to write the rules for cyber and drone challenges
Water shortages are coming. It's time for us to act.
Congressional showdown and negative ads
Addressing DC's truancy epidemic
Mason student researches homelessness from a conflict perspective
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
The U.S. Is No. 1 In Global Arms Sales
Can Obama Influence Ethiopia on Human Rights, Democracy?
Woodbridge Resident Gains White House Internship
If America wants Assad to respect international law, it must respect it, too
Post-Super Tuesday
Detroit On The Brink
Chris Christie endorses Trump for U.S. president
Decay + DC
9/11 Forever (and Ever)
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Taking it to The Street
Shank and Feldman on gun control
الولايات المتحدة: هل يهزم الإعلام ترامب؟ الجزء الثاني
Shank and Gilchrest: Increasing the Peace Can Reduce the Debt
What Would MLK Think of America’s Modern Wars?
دیمانە لەگەڵ یەریڤان سەعید سەبارەت بە سەردانەکەی سەرۆک ترامپ بۆ ڕۆژهەڵاتی ناوەڕاست
Delegates Get Half-Votes
The White House's War-Centric Foreign Policy
Obama’s speech was more of the same - and not what we needed
Hurricane Sandy: Time to do something about climate change
Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
Peace is profitable: time for the US to invest
Marijuana cartels and the Mafia
Family seeks release of U.S. citizen in Egypt
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
Dirt on Our Hands
Evolving policy in a changing world: Examining challenges and opportunities in the new US Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
Higher education leans left. But why? And so what?
Advertising against Muslims? Not with my tax dollars
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
Senate Homeland Security Hearing on Militarization of US Police
Inclusiveness: The Right (and Political) Way to Be
A Conflict Analysis perspective of Mitt Romney's recent foreign policy speech - (Arabic)
Militarization of U.S. Police Forces
Student Opinion: Women Across America
‘Lincoln’: Where was Frederick Douglass?
Mitt and Jesus: On Theological Controversies in U.S. Politics
Canada AM Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
Here's Why The U.S. Needs To Upgrade Economic Indicators
Matters of the Mind: Youth Resilience
THE RUSSIAN PLOT, Or, How to Avoid Taking Responsibility for Losing a Presidential Election
Obama's First Press Conference
US Police Militarization, Weaponization: From Ferguson to Fenway
Elizabeth Degi Mount - DBFA
What Paul Ryan’s economic roadmap means for America
America's police are looking more and more like the military
Undergraduate Education in Conflict Analysis and Resolution (CAR)
Reasons to Kill: A Conversation with Richard E. Rubenstein
Ralph Nader, Third Party Role in American Politics
For Some S-CAR Students, Spring Break Means Analyzing Conflicts
Terrorism and Development
Perry abandons presidential campaign, endorses Gingrich
We Must Revive the American Dream by Alleviating Poverty
Obama Administration's Progress in the First 100 Days
Gaza becomes Syria: Middle East geopolitics 2.0
Meat Alert
Politics of Gun Control, Part 1: NRA, Congress and America's Social Capital
A Callous Disregard for the Law
Republicans ride voter unrest to control of House
Community Policing Internationally
To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognise a Palestinian state now
Congress vs. the Super-Pollutants
Inspiring Curious Feminists: Reflections on Cynthia Enloe
Is Cain out of the Race for Good?
American Democracy & Conflict
Student Studies Connection of Abusive Treatment of Humans and Animals
Rethinking transitions: finding the pathway from military to community security
The Jena Six and Root Causes
Gilbert gunman's rampage sheds light on extremism: Immigration issue is a beacon to neo-Nazis
West Papua - A Journey to Freedom
Democratic Battle in NC and IN
Police Militarization Must Be Halted
Did Bernie Sanders just steal Joe Lieberman’s Jewish crown?
The District’s Divide: Classism, Racism and the Re-Election of Marion Barry
Women sue Pentagon over combat exclusion
No Indictment: Missouri's Militarization Escalates Ferguson Violence
Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street
Memphis Officers Pilot Violence Resolution Program
Viral Videos of Remaz Abdelgader's question to Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
When soldiers commit murder
Our moral obligations in Somalia
A Mood Is Not A Movement: Five Ideas For The Anti-Trump Forces
3rd and Final Presidential Debate
The Audacity of Air Strikes and Secret Deals: Just making Isis grow stronger?
Ryan Gosling spreads message from Bernie Sanders
Our Prejudicial and Political Pecking Order
Tea-Party, Progressives United on Fast-Track Trade Authority
Debt Ceiling Debate
'Fiscal cliff' crisis barely over: Obama presses for action
Highlights from Day 2 of the DNC
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
A Budget for Working America
Mosque Controversy
Candidates should address cost  of violence in primary states
The Real War on Coal Starts in Kosovo
Feckless on Foreign Policy
Obama Travels to D.C. by Train
How MRAPs, SWAT Raids Are Threatening America
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Back Against Islamophobia In The 2016 Race
'Innocence of Muslims' from a conflict resolution perspective
Why the Kerry-Karzai Afghan Security Deal Won't Work
Synagogue in Virginia opens doors to Muslims
The Lesson of the Bad Cop in Two Party Democracies
Richard Rubenstein - Conflict Resolution in Iraq
Obama’s local, international obstacles on Syria
Saudi in Yemen; It’s personal now
Virginia Votes 2008
US Pentagon’s Prioritization of Counter-Terrorism on African Continent
Settler Terrorism -- An American Problem
Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism
7 Ways Obama's U.N. Speech Revealed His Inconsistent Foreign Policy
2011 State of the Union: Analysis by Solon Simmons
Fighting extremism: Dignity is the answer
Police should put away the military gear and build connections with young people
The Populist Pivot
A Manager’s Dilemma: How do YOU figure out what’s wrong in the office?
How to Fix Turkey's Fall From International Favor
Defense strategy: Cuts won't hurt military
Congress Should Scrutinize Pending Trade Pacts
Streator Grads do 'Amazing Things'
Balance of Trauma - Gates and Crowley
U.S. Military Interventionism Has Harmed Iraq Dearly
Albany Gets "F" for Failing to Protect Tenants
Gun Control in America Debated in Wake of Colorado Shootings
Charlie Rangel: Why I Oppose Syria Strikes
With Mike Duvall, Fall of Another ‘Family Values’ Crusader
Costs of Obama's Wars Mount: More Troops, Chemical Weapons, and Veterans
Iran's Election Win Warrants U.S. Sanctions Rethink
The Most Dangerous Word in the Field: Class
Obama's SOTU: Politics, Poverty, Tax Policy and War Authority
The Israeli ex-settler at the center of Occupy Wall Street
UN Vienna Global Forum 2013 recognizes peace activist Aziz Abu Sara
How to Have a Productive Conversation About Politics at Thanksgiving
Santorum leaves Romney, Obama to contest the White House
Congressmen and Sport
Super Tuesday - Fox and the Hedgehog
US-Afghanistan Security Deal Demonstrates Poor Policy Priorities
Working for world peace here at home
Obama, Romney in the final home stretch
Women in Combat
Economic, political structures in US stolen from ordinary people
Preventing gang violence in San Diego
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounces US calls for Aya Hegazy’s release
Al Jazeera International Interviews ICAR Professor Susan Allen Nan
Why D.C. should take Youth Court program off life support
Britain’s election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals
Germany's lesson for U.S. -- keep faith with workers
Rebuild Infrastructure to Rebuild Middle Class (ASCE: $3.6 trillion)
وتووێژ لەگەڵ یەریڤان سەعید توێژەر لە پەیمانگای وڵاتانی کەنداو
Health Care Debate- Obama's Address to Congress
When War Comes to an American Main Street Near You
At Town Hall, Sanders Makes Commitment to 'End All Forms of Racism in This Country'
How did Obama do in the final debate?
Food insecurity rising as crop production falls
When nature trumps nurture, we all lose
‘Amish Mafia’ is a shameful, unrealistic portrayal of plain people
American Civil Religion: Mythology and Narrative
Fox News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
Small town America shouldn't resemble war zone
The Business Argument for Addressing Climate Change
How To Stay Hopeful During The Trump Transition
A New Morning in America
Stopping Pentagon, Homeland Security From Militarizing US Police
A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course
Political Discourse: A Family Affair
Waste Surges As Defense Industry Controls Congress, Pentagon
Michael Shank Discusses Terry Jones' Burning of the Qur'an
ATTENTION! Woman Found Scrubbing the Floors.
Sandra Cheldelin on the Virginia Tech Review Panel Report
Mideast peace deal… and they lived unhappily ever after
UN's New Sustainable Development Goals: Roadmap for Effective Partnerships
A Different Approach to Russia, China, in terms of Syrian and Global Governance
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks
Obama's Call to Action
Michael Shank discusses the American Worker Mobility Act
Donald Trump and the Politics of Personality: To Understand Trumpism, Look Abroad!
We must make anti-bullying a mainstream message
Look to Iran for a solution in Syria
U.S. transitions to final phase of war in Iraq
Nato should negotiate a security structure that includes Russia
Imagining Justice in Baltimore: A Jewish Perspective by Dr. Marc Gopin
Crisis management system for Japan and China
Military spending is not right way to boost America's economic security
H.B. 1070: The Beginning of Genocide?
Cost of inaction will be great
Mason’s Michael Shank Joins White House Climate Change Group
Beyond the limits of counterterrorism: towards a peace and development agenda that can engage constructively with extremism
USDA Does Diets Differently, Moves Off Meat
Economic Recovery Interview with Michael Shank
She Didn't Have a Gun... She Had MLK's Dream
Democrats Split 50-50 Heading Into Final Primaries
Go After Super Pollutants
Is America gone off the Deep End when it comes to Political Correctness?
Obama won Florida, final electoral vote tally shows
Woman Who Sued To Reverse Combat Ban Was 'Stunned, Then Ecstatic'
The End of American Influence in the World?
Solon Simmons discusses the Nevada Republican debate
Anacostia totem pole belies Washington’s devotion to Redskins
How Did VP Candidates Do in the Debate? Our Latino Panel Weighs In
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman
Somalia Tourism and America's Role in Mogadishu
Why the US can't simply take out Assad
Nader Campaigns with Americans Living in Canada
VOA Armenian Service Interview with SCAR Professor Susan Allen
Mason student’s question to Democratic presidential candidate goes viral
'Free Speech' on the DC Metro
UN climate change negotiations in Poland this week
Race to Compete Against Obama
In fighting gangs, US should look to El Salvador
The Path To Clean Energy Requires An Energy-Storage Revolution
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
The Dangers of Soft Power: Government backed cultural programs often come across as just propaganda
David N. Cicilline and Michael Shank: Global warming threatens R.I.
New Virginia gun law will boost violence, costs
Let's keep Syria's blood off America's hands
Athletes Pick A Side At The Women's March
US Primaries After South Carolina: Analysis by Solon Simmons
Peacebuilding in Community Colleges: A Conversation with David J. Smith, M.S., J.D.
Muslim advocates welcome Bernie Sanders' support but want visible action
Post-debate poll shows Romney, Obama tied for support
No Immunity for US Troops: Why Hamid Karzai Punted to Loya Jirga
American Jews beginning to favor two-state solution
Take a Walk on the Slutty Side: A sociological take on SlutWalk
Obama's Cabinet Picks
America’s litmus test on Syria
Freeport's Highland Community College board will seat Shockey and Musser
Pro-Earth Republicans In The Era Of President Trump
New Hampshire Primaries: Analysis by Solon Simmons
The New American War Zone: US Main Streets
The Russian Military Intervention in Syria; Is This Really a Concern for the U.S.?
Only catastrophes lead to the sharing of sovereignty
The National Action to Realize the Dream
BookTV Reasons to Kill: Why Americans Choose War
The New Normal - America in the Age of Permanent Emergency
U.S. Senate Passes Obama's Recovery Plan
Jobs: A Human Right | Commentary
High school students learn conflict resolution through karate
Measuring the cost of violence
Analysis of Egypt'S Political Changes
Bringing Terrorism Suspects to Justice in the U.S
Syria Conflict Panel
Police Should Put Away the Military Gear and Build Connections with Young People
One Week After Colorado Shooting, US Government Still Failing to Safeguard America
Press Pause on the Rush to War
Inevitable US policy shift on Burma: why and how
US immigration: Will Obama win?
Crashing in America
A new look at climate change
George Mason to cultivate global leaders
Spreading Peace, Block by Block: A North Philly neighborhood rallies around its youth
Rand Paul's Filibuster Gives Civil Liberties A Rare Washington Moment
Normalization of White Identity Politics in the Trump Era
Dear Congress: Take Your Power Back
Texas flood's climate change irony: Column
Violence and violence-containment's $460 billion price tag
The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
Obama Captures Majority of Pledged Delegates
Ferguson, Social Justice, and the Role of Community Colleges
The NYC Security Risk That Candidates Aren't Discussing
How to stop the stone-throwing in Anacostia
Why Army women are demanding the right to fight — and die — in combat
Dialogue in the Midst of Conflict
WATCH: Muslim, Jewish, Christian teens talk religion in film
Missing the mark on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at MLK Avenue
#FreeAya: Pressure building on Egypt to release George Mason University graduate
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
The Indoctrination Myth
A New Approach to Dealing With Global Food Insecurity
‘Strength through peace – not peace through strength’: a reaction to Trump’s America First foreign policy
Religion som slagträ i den politiska maktkampen
Stop the ISIS War Before It Gets Worse!
Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Anti-Islam Sentiment: 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate Hugs Muslim Woman On Stage
Assessing Legitimate Rape Comments from Todd Akin - Part One
Why NFL's Washington Redskins needs renaming
A Catholic teenager comes under fire for fasting Ramadan
Obama making up drone rules as he goes
Neoliberal Interventionism: American Adventures in Healthcare
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
The Militarization of America's Main Streets
Turkey's Best Asset to Tackle ISIS: Ankara or America?
How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It
Global Mayors Protest Trump’s Anti-Climate Cabinet
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Pres. Obama- Commentary
Divestment-Investment Can Break Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change
ISIS attacks fueled by illegal guns and open societies we can’t afford to lose
Democratic Party looks like America
Five Steps America Must Take Now to Combat Climate Change
Soldiers Into Students: Veterans, Educators Try to Ease Transition
Where’s the just enemy of the American empire when you need it? A Schmittean response to Robert D. Kaplan
Joseph Montville on US Relations with Iran
The three-ring circus of American politics
NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger
Romney, Gingrich squaring off in Florida primary
Obama, Legacy of MLK and Douglass
Harsh US-EU Sanctions on Russia Damage Diplomatic Prospects
Syrian Refugees
Mass shootings show need for gun law reform
Mary Wade to Hold Trayvon Book Launch in MT Airy
Ghailani Trial and Sentence Affirms US Federal Court System
PCDN's Dr. Catalina Rojas awarded the prestigious SXSW Dewey Award for use of digital technology to help others
Trump Should Take a Lesson From the Pope on How to Lead
U.S. Credibility Around the World Damaged by Afghanistan War
Virginia Arrest Records Show Racial Disparities
Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
Immigration debate: How DC can move the conversation forward
Mason experts explain how ISIS attacks are recruitment tools
Solon Simmons' "The Eclipse of Equality"
Why defeating ISIS with military might is starry eyed idealism
When Washington Welcomes A Nonviolent Muslim: What CBS News and Congress Have In Common
What Are the Rules of War?
Jeremiah Wright Speaks Out on Race in America
Dirty Energy Dollars
"Radical Rudderless Right" Solon Simmons on Everything is Broken with Jim Lynch
Female Veterans: Military Sexual Trauma & Combat Roles
Scholar: U.S. Drone Use Has Contributed To Yemen's Instability
Spread of US poverty risks serious social disorder
Why is the US so reticent to read the right messages in Asia and the Pacific?
My sister has been jailed in Egypt for 900 days. When will the U.S. help free her?
CTV News Interviews ICAR Professor Solon Simmons
What the Killing of Trayvon Martin Means for Maryland
Somalia on the Brink
Public ‘schools of hope’ could be anything but
Obama's speech to 200k Germans in Berlin
Yemen is on the Brink of Chaos - And Why It's So Important
George Mason Student Tries to Change Perception About Muslims
Why We Heart Hurricanes: The Climate Change Connection
To stop sexual assault against women in the US military, add more women
Peace – practical, not fanciful
Prop. 35 tackles child sex-trafficking
Congressmen urge Egypt to release Virginia woman from jail
US Jews Favor Two-State Solution
U.S.-E.U. Rhetoric on Russia as Destructive as a Chekhovian Duel
The challenge of violent extremism

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