Can taking down websites really stop terrorists and hate groups?
Efforts to kick extremists off the internet can't succeed and might even have the unintended side effect of bolstering support for radical groups.
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What is the online equivalent of a burning cross?
Two websites, one taken offline, the other still active, raise hard questions about how prepared Americans are to deal with free speech about white supremacy, in both monuments and domain names.
Give and take: Credentials could aid panhandling
The courts are saying that down-and-out Americans have a right to seek curbside alms despite efforts to ban the practice. Two scholars have come up with an alternative to anti-panhandling ordinances.
Puerto Rico votes on statehood: Polls and protests
Some Puerto Ricans voted, but most stayed home amid a looming financial debt crisis and political protests. Will this vote matter?
Rodrigo Duterte relaunches Philippine drug war despite calls for investigation
After a short suspension of anti-drug operations, President Rodrigo Duterte has resumed his bloody war.
Why do some countries disapprove of homosexuality? Money, democracy and religion
Why are there such big differences in public opinion about homosexuality? It turns out where you live can be a major influence on how you feel.
Threats of violent Islamist and far-right extremism: What does the research say?
Data on violent incidents in the US reveal that our focus on Islamist extremism since 9/11 may be misguided.
Did Abraham Lincoln’s bromance alter the course of American history?
Would Abraham Lincoln ever have become president if he didn't stumble into a dry goods store in Springfield, Illinois, and strike up a friendship with its owner, Joshua Speed?
Want to challenge Trump on immigration? Try a strategy from the antebellum South
States once used their constitutional authority to argue in defense of slavery. Today, states can make a similar argument to protect immigrants from deportation, writes a legal scholar.
Friday essay: the loss of music
Whenever you listen to a streamed song, like it but don't buy it and instead stream it again, you are casting a vote for the future nonexistence of professional musicians.
Sexual assault enters virtual reality
Underlying online harassment is the false idea that events that happen on internet aren't real. But whenever people are interacting, it's all real.
Australia continues to be shamefully silent on Indonesia’s human rights abuses
Here’s the glaring omission in George Brandis' list of issues raised recently with Indonesian President Joko Widodo: human rights.
Asia’s ‘shoot-to-kill’ republic? The rising body count of the Philippines’ ‘war on drugs’
The Philippines is seeing a surge of extrajudicial killings of suspected criminals and drug users since Rodrigo Duterte assumed office last month.
Brexit shows economic costs of pursuing populist policies like Trump’s
Both the Republican and Democratic platforms show a shift away from globalization, thanks to the influence of the rise of populists in both parties.
Le Royaume-Uni et l’Europe : d’un 23 juin à l’autre
Entre l’accord du 23 juin 1971 sur l’adhésion du Royaume-Uni dans la CEE et le référendum sur l’UE du 23 juin 2016, deux époques de l’histoire politique britannique et européenne se font face.
Hate crimes against LGBTQ people are a public health issue
It is now recognized within public health that discrimination causes significant health problems for the LGBTQ community.
The Orlando shooting: exploring the link between hate crimes and terrorism
Was this a crime about hate or political ideology? Extremist experts use data to explain what type of crime took place in Florida, and why it matters.
What’s behind the Indonesian president’s troubling silence on LGBT persecution?
The recent anti-gay comments by Indonesian public officials may inspire militant Islamists with a propensity for violence to physically harm LGBT people.
Indonesia’s ‘opening’ of Papua still needs to bridge the gap between reality and rhetoric
Although Indonesian President Joko Widodo declared Papua open for foreign media in May this year, government obstacles to access the restive region linger.
High-tech consumerism, a global catastrophe happening on our watch
To be good global citizens, we must stop churning through energy-hungry devices. Earth cannot cope with the burdens, including mountains of e-waste, that electronic consumerism creates.
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Professor of History, City University of New York
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Director of Museum Studies, City University of New York
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PhD Student and Trainee Clinical Psychologist at the Graduate Center, City University of New York
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Professor of Law, City University of New York
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Professor of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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Distinguished Professor, Public Health and Social/Personality Psychology, City University of New York
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Professor of Media Studies, Queens College, City University of New York
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