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The contested law also defines the jurisdiction of traditional leaders in terms of territory. But traditional community boundaries are actually set by personal relationships.
Ensuring meaningful participation of women in the transitional government can be a first step toward achieving gender equality in a future Sudan.
Stressing out about potentially losing benefits can prolong financial instability. Solving this problem will help low-paid workers and everyone else.
American cities are getting more diverse, but neighbors of different races don't necessarily socialize with each other. A sociologist in North Carolina discovered one surprising reason why.
China is funding global infrastructure projects to expand its influence and capacity for economic growth.
Thirty-seven-year-old Nayib Bukele is the first modern president who doesn't represent either of El Salvador's two mainstream parties. Can he fix what ails this troubled Central American country?
It's often more effective, cheaper and less controversial than other efforts to confront climate change.
A grassroots movement to end racial disparities in schoolhouse discipline is beginning to take root throughout the nation and winning important victories at the local level. Can it sustain the effort?
As the expected costs of climate change grow, cities are on the frontlines of adapting to sea level rise and more intense storms – and finding ways to pay for it.
A new public opinion survey reveals Americans largely agree on sentencing reform, and how money spent on prisons could be reinvested in communities.
A little-noticed court ruling represents the biggest setback for opponents of child porn in decades.
In the run up to the Global Hepatitis Summit 2018, new guidelines for the management of hepatitis C should come under scrutiny – for financial conflict of interest and quality of evidence.
Social Security will have to dip into its trust fund to pay benefits this year for the first time since 1982. Should we be worried?
Stephanie Clifford may be a 'porn star,' but her success is hardly typical of the vast majority of performers affected by the seismic changes in the industry.
Are preschool teachers with college degrees better at their jobs?
Supply-side economics is the intellectual backbone of the argument that tax cuts for the wealthy will boost business investment, wages and growth. The evidence suggests otherwise.
When the wealthy become unlikely allies in the fight against inequality, they often take similar steps. It all starts with acknowledging their own privileges.
The clash over South Africa's Traditional Courts Bill is essentially about custom and constitutionalism. The government is often seen as pandering to traditional leaders' whims.
The Trump administration has been trashing Obama's economic legacy lately as it pursues a drastic change of course, but the facts tell a different story.
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Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Community Development, University of Massachusetts Boston
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Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education and Care, University of Massachusetts Boston
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Associate Professor of the Practice, University of Massachusetts Boston
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Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston
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Dean, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston
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Professor of Management, Director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness, University of Massachusetts Boston
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Boston
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Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Massachusetts Boston
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Professor Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program, University of Massachusetts Boston
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Doctoral Candidate in Public Policy at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, USIP Peace Scholar, and Fulbright-Hays Fellow, University of Massachusetts Boston
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Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston
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Faculty Fellow, Center for Governance and Sustainability and Lecturer, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies., University of Massachusetts Boston
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Boston
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Assistant Professor, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, University of Massachusetts Boston
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Clinical Professor/Director, Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
