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The objective of this paper is to determine whether Georgia’s HIV-specific criminal exposure law leads to an increase in HIV transmission among Black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Atlanta metropolitan area. This analytical paper utilizes systematic reviews, epidemiological studies, behavioral theoretical frameworks, and other sources to demonstrate the link between Georgia’s […]

At the end of October, Britain is set to exit the EU. With no deal currently in place, and uncertainty over how trade tariffs and the movement of goods will be impacted, there is increasing anxiety in the United Kingdom about the availability of food, fuel, and medicines. Although such provisions are typically the responsibility […]

Over the last decade, political and legislative bodies have started to codify the relationship between the Internet and human rights. In 2012, the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations adopted a resolution to protect the free speech of individuals on the Internet–the first UN resolution of its kind. In 2014, a UN General […]

In late 2016, most people had never heard of Muhammad bin Salman or Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Both, however, would take control of their respective countries within six months. The shifts of power in Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan represent an abrupt interruption of stable, autocratic regimes. At the outset, there was no reason to expect long-lasting changes […]

My mom delivered me onto a kitchen floor at 4 AM. She had spent the previous day working as a farm laborer, but I arrived before the paramedics could. When she peered into my face, she knew I was PaHua. In Hmong, the name refers to the cool breeze that blows pollen and leaves adrift […]

Last fall the Registrar’s Office put many students in a terrible bind. We were forced to choose between Professor Khalil Muhammad’s Race, Inequality, and American Democracy, one of the few courses on race, and Professor Tim McCarthy’s, Queer Nation: LGBTQ Protest, Politics, and Policy in the United States, the first course on queer identity and […]

America’s teachers deserve a pay raise and Kamala Harris wants to give it to them. Outing yourself as a teacher to new acquaintances is often met with responses typically reserved for those in the military: “Thank you for your service.” Or: “Your work makes a difference.” We are not war heroes, but teachers do provide […]

In September 2015, a mob attacked and killed a 52-year-old Muslim man, Mohammad Akhlaq, pulling him out of his home in a village near Delhi, India, on suspicions of eating beef. Not only did Prime Minister Narendra Modi remain silent following the attack, but some politicians of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defended the […]

Large investment projects are a source of economic and social development for countries. They increase the national income, are a source of employment, stimulate the local economies where they are located, and generate tax revenues for government. However, investment projects can also generate negative impacts on the environment, in the local communities, or in patrimonial […]

Congress is polarized. So polarized, in fact, that one would have to go all the way back to the Reconstruction era to find a similar level of discord. But perhaps more surprising is that while Congress has become more polarized, the American public has not: its dispersion of views has remained generally stable for decades. […]

A proposal to provide free public access to legal information through a federally managed web portal. You cannot Google the law—the United States has essentially privatized access to much of written law. This privatization has created an infamous industry that drives up legal costs and prevents many citizens from accessing important legal information. We need […]

How can Democratic campaigns get large numbers of their voters to mobilize their friends to vote? The short answer: no one knows. To date, the only definite insight is that peer-to-peer voter turnout does not scale through mobile phone apps. Despite numerous “relational organizing” technologies receiving millions in funding and mountains of the press in […]