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Remembering Dr. Roslyn Pope
On February 10, the New York Times wrote a forceful obituary following the passing of Dr. Roslyn Pope. Humanity in Action Founder and Executive Director Judith Goldstein shared her own tribute following the obituary's publication, offering her own thoughts about Dr. Pope's extraordinary life.
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Upskilling Workers for the Future of Work
Senior Fellow Clara Chow, in cooperation with SkillNav, a social impact tech startup based in Lagos, Nigeria led a session on skills for the Future of Work at the now virtual Skoll World Forum.
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What Political Science Can Teach Us About How Different Countries Are Handling COVID-19
In this episode, Senior Fellow Mark Goldberg speaks with Sofia Fenner, an assistant professor of political science at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, about what comparative politics and political science can teach us about how governments are responding to this crisis.
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Webinar: Unsettling Human Rights
The second webinar in the Rights and Resistance: the Ongoing Fight for Indigenous Sovereignty series. On Wednesday, April 1 at 12pm, Senior Fellow Roo George-Warren will give an overview of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) as a continuation of indigenous resistance and as a challenge to individualistic notions of Human Rights.
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Senior Fellow Kenneddy Odede writes about chances to avert the Covid-19 disaster in urban slums in Kibera
In the article "Chance to avert Disaster in Urban Slums", published by Daily Nation, Senior Fellow Kennedy Odede writes about the role of community engagement and importance to address the Corona crises collectively, together with the government and the public sector not to move from a health crisis to class warfare.
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Senior Fellow Saim Saeed publishes Article in Politico about Air and Rail Refund Rights Amid Mass Coronavirus Cancellations
Passengers and businesses have complained that some companies do not comply with EU air passenger legislation.
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Senior Fellow George Bogden discusses the Global Politics of Pandemics in the Context of Ebola
Published by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Senior Fellow George Bogden co-authored the policy brief "Medicine for Fear: Transatlantic Leadership in Emergency Funding for Epidemics of Communicable Diseases."
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Emergency Room: A Dispatch From The Front Lines
In this episode of the America Dissected: Coronavirus podcast, Senior Fellow Dr. Aakash Shah, an emergency room doctor in New Jersey talks with host Dr. Abdul El-Sayed about his experience on the frontlines in the United States' epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Fellow Carolina Marques de Mesquita writes about traces of life of the Portuguese author Eça de Quierós and the legacies of colonialism
In the essay Why Does This Portuguese City Glorify the Author Who Hated It?, published by Literary Hub, Fellow Carolina Marques de Mesquita writes about the life of the Portuguese author Eça de Quierós and the legacies of colonialism as observed in modern-day Portugal.