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Lebanon is host to well over 1m Syrian refugees, and their situation is getting ever more desperate.
Domestic and sexual slavery are being used as weapons of war – and the victims are too often forgotten.
Amnesia won’t help us much in the event of an apocalypse.
The UK’s Modern Slavery Act will push companies to act on forced labour, but Australia needs to follow this lead.
Robert Sobukwe developed the philosophy of African nationalism to even higher intellectual heights. The lesson for humanity was his ideological stand that there is only one race - the human race.
Textbook language can influence thinking. So, what do some textbooks say on issues of race?
As Myanmar nears a historic election, a long-embattled minority is still struggling to escape lethal violence and trafficking.
Like many great challenges of the 21st century, the science identifying the problems with sugar seems clear. What’s lacking is the will to address them.
We are in danger of losing sight of what freedom is.
Students have won an important victory. But to understand the complex nature of oppression and how to respond to it will require many struggles over a longer period of time.
Marlon James won the Booker Prize this week with a book that focuses on the unrest and violence of 1970s Jamaica, a troubled chapter that continues to shape the island nation’s present - and its future.
When Meryl Streep and the stars of the upcoming film Suffragette donned t-shirts emblazoned with the quote “I’d rather be a rebel than a slave,” they reignited a contentious debate in feminism.
David Cameron has rejected calls for Britain to pay reparations for the slave trade but there might be other ways of paying back.
Democratic parties in four states have recently removed the names of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson from their annual fundraising dinners, a move now under consideration in at least five other states…
The Anti-Apartheid Movement reminds us that ordinary people can make a difference in the fight for workers’ rights, even halfway across the planet.
The recent revelations about the savage treatment of Yazidi women at the hands of Islamic State, or ISIS, fighters is the latest in a shocking set of disclosures regarding the group’s behavior. It sadly…
Forgiveness, as we have seen in the aftermath of the Charleston killings, is a hallmark of the Black Church. But what psychic toll do these acts of forgiveness exact?
There’s a fierce debate underway about changing university curricula in Africa and the UK to be less Eurocentric. Three academics offer their suggestions for a decolonised reading list.
To mark Independence Day, an Australian perspective on why - 180 years on - Alexis de Tocqueville’s classic political text is a must-read.
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Associate Professor, Performance, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of History, Arizona State University
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Chancellor's Fellow, The University of Edinburgh
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Professor and Chair of History Department, Colorado State University
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Professor of Practice in Education, Clark University
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Professor of Contemporary Slavery, University of Hull
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SARCHI Ocean Cultures and Heritage, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Researcher in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Assistant Professor of History, Hunter College
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Professor of History, University of Alabama
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Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Scientia Fellow, UNSW Sydney
