TIME: Malia Politzer on what makes extremists tick
Studies into what motivates people to become violent—and how to prevent them from becoming violent in the first place, are not without their own danger.
NYT: Matthew Wheeler on Thailand’s emboldened protesters
Bangkok activists are no longer content with carefully coded criticism of the monarchy, but now demand wholesale democratic change.
Forward: Neri Zilber on Trump’s damaging impact
Benjamin Netanyahu has called Donald Trump Israel's “greatest friend” but the truth is quite different.
NCUSCR: Matt Chitwood on rural China
Chitwood joins Mei Lan to discuss how life in the Chinese countryside is changing.
Edward Wolfers contributes to Covid-19 study
A collection of case studies provides snap shots of global responses to Covid-19.
The Spectator: Neri Zilber on Israel’s second wave
Not long ago Netanyahu was bragging to reporters about Israel's "great success story."
Foreign Policy: Karina Piser on race in France
A new highly critical report by France’s human rights watchdog has energized the country’s conversation on race, especially after large protests supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, Karina Piser (France, 2017-2019) writes in Foreign Policy. In his report, the human rights ombudsman Jacques Toubon said discrimination is “systemic,” a new criticism in official France, which
ELLE: Pramila Jayapal answers 20 questions
Jayapal speaks about her new book, "Use the Power You Have: A Brown Woman’s Guide to Politics and Political Change."
Robbie Corey-Boulet wins NLGJA book prize
Acclaim for former ICWA fellow's book Love Falls on Us: A Story of American Ideas and African LGBT Lives.
The American Scholar: Hannah Armstrong on quagmire in Western Sahara
For more than four decades, the Sahrawi people have called for international recognition of their state-in-exile, without success.