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A UK plan to move asylum seekers on its shores to Rwanda has been met with stiff opposition from human rights organizations. But the UK persists, and Rwanda is all too willing.
The UK prime minister tendered his resignation after a slew of resignations by former allies in his government.
A new study that breaks down the number of trans teens by state could give policymakers a better idea of how many kids will be affected by anti-trans legislation.
The effort to give every student equal access to an education has lasted decades and may need even more time before the goal is reached.
Antisemitism has been used as a weapon against leading Jewish politicians in Europe for over a century – no matter how assimilated they were. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy is no exception.
Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward broke stories about the Watergate scandal that helped unravel Richard Nixon’s presidency. But they were not the sole force to bring him down.
The EU’s proposed regulations don’t align with existing technology. They’re likely to fail – or to break the internet as we know it.
The prosecution and death sentences handed out to two British and one Moroccan national fighting alongside Ukrainian troops contravenes the Geneva Conventions.
A sociologist shares what his research has taught him about migration.
The ‘Napalm Girl’ photo is much more than powerful evidence of war’s indiscriminate effects on civilians. It also shows how false assertions can get traction in the media.
In middle school classes, students from lower-income families tended to be concentrated in just a few classrooms, new research from North Carolina has found.
Holding war crimes trials during active hostilities is rare. Proceedings in Ukraine also open the risk of Russian show trials, argues a law of war expert.
While Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National has engaged in a decade-long campaign to rehabilitate its image with youth voters, the GOP is moving in the opposite direction.
School districts throughout the nation are beginning to heed calls to give students and teachers a day off in observance of the Eid al Fitr, a major Islamic holiday held at the end of Ramadan.
For the second time running, it is looking like the French presidential election will go to a runoff between centralist Emmanuel Macron and far-right Marine Le Pen.
Scholars discuss the meaning of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s elevation to the highest court in the land.
President Joe Biden’s nominee for the US Supreme Court withstood four days of hearings and was confirmed to become the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.
Nearly all of the 129 aid workers killed on the job in 2021 were from the countries where they lost their lives.
The U.S. has promised to take in 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. But there is concern that this could further complicate efforts to welcome and resettle Afghan evacuees.
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Senior Professorial Lecturer in Education, American University
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Visiting Scholar at the Williams Institute and Assistant Professor of Government, American University
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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, American University School of Public Affairs
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Professor of Literature, American University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, American University
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Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
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Ph.D. Candidate in Public Administration and Policy, American University School of Public Affairs
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PhD Candidate in International Relations and Comparative Politics, American University
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Director, Project on Civil Discourse, American University School of Public Affairs
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Senior Project Director at the Tech, Law & Security Program, American University
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Associate Professor of International Service, American University School of International Service
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Professor of Jewish History and Culture at Ludwig Maximilian University and Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies, American University
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Professor of Law, American University
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Senior Professorial Lecturer of Global Governance, Politics and Security, American University School of International Service
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Professor of Communication Studies, American University School of Communication
