The Effects of COVID-19 on Peace and Conflict

Peace, Conflict, and COVID-19 by the Center for Preventative Action, Council on Foreign Relations, August 2020 Abstract: How wil the novel coronavirus pandemic affesct the risk of violent conflict and prospects for peace around the world? There is no clear, easy...

COVID-19 and the Need for Voting Reform

COVID-19 Underscores the Need for Voting Reform by Michael Latner and Taofik Oladipo, Union of Concerned Scientists, July 2020 Abstract: Earlier this year, experts projected that voter turnout in the November 2020 election could be the largest in decades. Voter...

Voting Rights and Mass Incarceration

Voting Rights in the Era of Mass Incarceration: A Primer by Jean Chung and Kevin Muhitch, The Sentencing Project Abstract: The dramatic growth of the US prison population and the corresponding reach of the criminal legal system over the last 40 years has led to high...

U.S Black Politics

Black Lives Matter and the Paradoxes of U.S. Black Politics: From Democratic Sacrifice to Democratic Repair by Juliet Hooker, Political Theory Journal, 2016 Abstract: This essay seeks to understand the complex response to the current Black Lives Matter protests...

Women in Healthcare

COVID-19 Healthcare Workers: 70% are Women by Inez Miyamoto, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Abstract: This article highlights some of the gendered effects emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic in the global healthcare sector, which is dominated by women. Women...