Many groups in the US are focused on preventing the further rise of authoritarian forces by raising alarms about authoritarian power-grabs…
Migration policies have direct and dramatic impacts on distress migrants. They also affect the frontline local host communities migrants…
Ten years after the onset of the Arab Spring, the Middle East and North Africa are torn between two visions of progress: a democratic one…
What are the social and political consequences of poor state governance and low state legitimacy? Under what conditions does lynching –…
The international community has historically maintained hope that advances in science and technology offer humanity a wide range of options…
This essay analyzes the persistence of the death penalty in the United States--a topic that has long been the subject of debate among legal…
The Cold War and decolonization transformed the twentieth century world. The book begins by exploring ideas of modernity, development, and…
History suggests that progress in racial justice comes only when American leaders see it as crucial to US geopolitical interests.
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, DC, Professor Burns lauds…