Politics

The time frame defining “protracted displacement” by the United Nations may need to be significantly shortened, according to a new study on internally displaced persons (IDPs) which suggests earlier support is needed for affected communities.This […]

Venezuela has been ruled by dictators for nearly a quarter of a century, first under Hugo Chavez, and now under his protege, Nicolas Maduro. Their regimes have suppressed free speech, throttled the economy, committed untold […]

In her 2016 bestselling book “Strangers in Their Own Land,” UC Berkeley sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild proposed that everyone has a “deep story”—a narrative about one’s life and the world that’s based more on emotion […]

Tens of millions of women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa will experience catastrophic levels of intimate partner violence because the world is failing to make progress on the climate crisis, according to new projections by […]

In Congress this term, 25% of senators and 28% of representatives are women, near record highs for both houses, but far below equal representation with men. As Kamala Harris runs for president, will being a […]

A new study provides extensive documentation of the “IPV-to-Prison Pipeline”—the pathways through which women who are survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) find themselves serving long prison sentences for acts of survival.This article was originally […]

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As the climate crisis accelerates, it’s hard not to wonder if today’s societies can adapt. Growing worries over climate change have sparked interest in the collapse of ancient civilizations and the rise of the (often […]

Imagine coming home after a long day at work. It is winter. You step inside your home. It is warm, quiet and dry.This article was originally published here