| Jan 27, 2021 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyI have spent my entire career working to end election-related conflicts, mostly overseas. Unfortunately, this experience is now increasingly relevant at home. Ahead of the Capitol insurrection, the U.S. met several criteria that increased the likelihood of election...
| Jan 12, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn 1923, Hitler and the Nazis stormed a beer hall in Munich, Germany, from whence they planned to overthrow German democracy. The putsch failed ignominiously, and Hitler was briefly jailed. That, of course, was not the end of Adolf Hitler. America needs to remember...
| Aug 26, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRory McVeigh wrote The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan, a study of the KKK in the 1920s, in 2009 — long before Donal Trump became president. But it could almost be about Trump today. In the 1920s, white, male, U.S.-born Protestants worried they were losing status, economic...
| Jun 24, 2020 | Environment / HealthThe chief cultural signifier of our times is this: Wearing a mask. Or not. These low-tech, low-cost, high-impact coverings are simple and effective at helping reduce the COVID-19 infection rate. Our top political leaders’ failure to produce, distribute, and require...
