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Humanity in Action in the Midst of COVID-19
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My Community's Uphill Battle Against COVID-19
Growing up indigenous in the United States means living with the understanding that much of the United States is unaware of your existence. I attribute this to several things, the first being history.
The Dark Side of Domesticity: Captivity Beyond Pandemics
Senior Fellow Jasamin Ulfat-Seddiqzai, a literary scholar at the University of Duisberg-Essen, shares her thoughts on the similarities between (self-)quarantine in times of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lives of women in highly patriarchal societies, past and present.
"Yellow Peril" in the Age of COVID-19
I hope that when we look back on this unprecedented time, the pandemic is defined by these acts of kindness, empathy, collective cooperation, innovation, and scientific achievement. And yet, I fear that instead, for so many Asian Americans, this time will evoke memories of "yellow peril" in its ugliest forms.
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Humanity in Action Nederland Herdenkt 75 Jaar Vrijheid
Op 4 mei herdenken we de slachtoffers van de Tweede Wereldoorlog en op 5 mei vieren wij dat het Europese deel van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden bevrijd is van de Duitse bezetting. Wat zijn de verhalen die we vandaag de dag herdenken om onze vrijheid te vieren? Welke verhalen missen er nog?
Humanity in Action Poland Programming Board Member receives 2020 Irena Sendler Memorial Award
The acclaimed historian and our Programming Board Member professor Dariusz Stola has been awarded the 2020 Irena Sendler Memorial Award for his visionary leadership of the POLIN Museum.
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Populism, Nationalism AND Racism
I want to maintain—or even insist—that racism or conceptions based on racial attitudes and classifications are critical to understanding nationalism and populism from the 19th Century right into our bewildering and bewitched 21st Century.
On People with Disabilities
What would happen if Hermione Granger was a girl with a disability? Why is disability is rarely discussed in terms of diversity? Who are people with disabilities?
A Culture of Heavenly Argument: My Jewish Response to Senseless Hatred
I am a proud Jewish American with family members who have attended the Tree of Life Synagogue for four generations. In the hours after the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the history of the United States, I felt three things.
We bridge the historical with the present to shape the future.
Since our founding, we have reflected upon our mode of inquiry, have grown conceptually and expanded our reach.
Local in our activities, international in our collaboration, global in our reach.
May his memory be a blessing for us all
We are deeply saddened to share that Herbert Pundik, Co-Founder of Humanity in Action, passed away.
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