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In the wake of the tragedy in Las Vegas, a criminologist reviews recent research to dispel common misconceptions about mass shootings.
Many students arrive at college without ever having a non-white teacher. Professors of color can inspire higher order thinking and analysis.
The attacks in Paris are putting refugees in the crosshairs, yet it’s the integration of these and past migrants that are key to the security of Europe.
American police kill 100 times more civilians than Finnish police. Racism and gun control are just part of the problem.
Twenty-three percent of Americans say they are not religiously affiliated. Our core values may be encouraging us to reject organized religion.
Like France, the US faces the possibility that ISIS will attack an American city sooner or later.
Many Western policies that aim to prevent terrorism may actually be causing it.
Compared to 9/11, the recent attacks by ISIS were coordinated, but not costly.
Recent talks in Vienna may help end the Syrian civil war, but diplomacy will not eliminate ISIS.
The French term for ISIS – known as Da'ish or Daesh – has gathered more interest in the wake of the Paris attacks. Here’s why this battle of naming matters.
The answer is complex. But part of it lies in the fact that French society is still uncomfortable with its diversity.
John Kerry and 20 diplomats came together Saturday to seek a way toward peace in Syria. A former Indian ambassador to Syria believes good progress was made.
A Muslim scholar proposes the discussion of an alternative interpretation of Sharia that will challenge ISIS’ claims to Islamic legitimacy.
The spotlight was on Iowa Saturday, a small state with a big – some would say too big – role in the presidential primaries.
An estimated 1.6 million American children are separated from their parents through deportation.
Egypt’s president has devoted three years to cracking down on the Muslim Brotherhood. Now ISIS is forcing him to pull his punches.
Two political scholars evaluate the fourth GOP debate. This round was more about the issues, and less about the moderators.
By sailing a destroyer close to an artificial island in the South China Sea, the US is challenging China’s claim to the waterway. At stake are trade routes worth billions of dollars.
The commonalities between Black Lives Matter and the Black Panther Party are striking when they’re compared to the civil rights movement, when black people protested politely and defensively.
Today’s refugee crisis is not just about the movement of people. It is also about the human immobility that is baked into contemporary laws and politics. What, then, of the code of hospitality?
Twenty years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin – the man who ushered in the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians – was assassinated. Today’s Israel is a very different place.
Ohio passed an amendment that will make it harder for partisans to draw unfair district maps in state elections. The fight could provide a road map for other states where gerrymandering is an issue.
Americans’ religious beliefs have made them more tolerant of capital punishment. Some may even see it as holy.
Asian Americans are the wealthiest, best-educated and fastest-growing segment of voters in the US. They are also increasingly voting Democratic.