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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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.
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.
Some Puerto Ricans voted, but most stayed home amid a looming financial debt crisis and political protests. Will this vote matter?
After a short suspension of anti-drug operations, President Rodrigo Duterte has resumed his bloody war.
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.
Data on violent incidents in the US reveal that our focus on Islamist extremism since 9/11 may be misguided.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Here’s the glaring omission in George Brandis' list of issues raised recently with Indonesian President Joko Widodo: human rights.
The Philippines is seeing a surge of extrajudicial killings of suspected criminals and drug users since Rodrigo Duterte assumed office last month.
Both the Republican and Democratic platforms show a shift away from globalization, thanks to the influence of the rise of populists in both parties.
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.
It is now recognized within public health that discrimination causes significant health problems for the LGBTQ community.
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.
The recent anti-gay comments by Indonesian public officials may inspire militant Islamists with a propensity for violence to physically harm LGBT people.
Although Indonesian President Joko Widodo declared Papua open for foreign media in May this year, government obstacles to access the restive region linger.
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 Sociology and Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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Associate Professor of Sociology, City University of New York
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Lecturer in social science, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York
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Assistant Professor, Exercise Science, City University of New York
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Professor of Health Policy and Management, City University of New York
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Doctoral Lecturer in Sociology, City University of New York
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Adjunct Associate Professor, City University of New York
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Professor, City University of New York
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Presidential Professor of Sociology and History, Graduate Center, City University of New York
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Professor of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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Adjunct Professor in the Department of History, Queens College, City University of New York
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Associate Professor, Department of Security, Fire and Emergency Management, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Broeklundian Professor of Political Science Emerita, City University of New York
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PhD student. The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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Associate Professor, City University of New York
