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Beginning in 2021, state legislators introduced or passed numerous bills intended to shape appropriate content in K–12 social studies curricula. The majority of these bills were,…
In 2023, the international community celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The creation of such a document—its mere existence—must…
Vol. 113, Issue 6, Pages 1424-1460
This paper documents the impact of popular media on racial hate by examining the first American blockbuster: 1915's The Birth of a Nation, a fictional portrayal of the KKK's…
Nonviolent action (NVA) campaigns are more frequent now than ever before, yet we know comparatively little about how the demographic composition of nonviolent movements shapes…
Last week’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade, ending the right to an abortion in the US, allowed many Red states to adopt some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world.…
vlog Working Paper No. RWP21-022
How do high-profile acts of police brutality affect public trust and cooperation with law enforcement? To investigate this question, we develop a new measure of civilian crime…
When we debate questions in international law, politics, and justice, we often use the language of rights—and far less often the language of responsibilities. Human rights…
“I want to be remembered as a woman … who dared to be a catalyst of change.”
- Shirley Chisholm
In 1972, Shirley Chisholm made history as the first African American woman to seek…
See the op-ed in The Boston Globe by Carr Senior Fellow .
An authoritarian…
This working paper focuses on the legal protection awarded to the Arab populations under Israeli jurisdiction.
In analyzing their legal protection, the author…