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Why Countries Should Welcome, Not Fear, Foreign Funding of NGOs

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Why Countries Should Welcome, Not Fear, Foreign Funding of NGOs

Alumna Yende Anderson Receives Bush Fellowship

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Alumna Yende Anderson has been awarded a Bush Foundation Fellowship for 2018.

A Space For Change

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“My peers and I were really looking for a space to organize around social justice issues on campus,” says Sonia Neculescu. When they couldn’t find one, they started their own. This became Women For Political Change, which has inspired other groups to take on political activism.

Class and Politics with Professor August Nimtz

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Marx, Engels, and Lenin. An award-winning University of Minnesota professor discusses political organization throughout history and how it applies to voters today.

The Language of Human Rights in a Populist Era

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How and why do we view human rights issues in the United States? Esteemed professors Howard Lavine and James Ron seek to answer that question through their studies.

Food Abundance and Violent Conflict in Africa

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Food Abundance and Violent Conflict in Africa

U of M crowdsourcing project transcribes Supreme Court justices’ handwritten notes

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U of M crowdsourcing project transcribes Supreme Court justices’ handwritten notes

Pictured left to right, Valentina Salas, Lisa Hilbink, and Bridget Marchesi

Equal Rights & Unequal Remedies

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Justice is a fundamental human right. U of M political scientists Lisa Hilbink, Bridget Marchesi, Valentina Salas, and political science undergraduate Monica Delgado are working in Chile and Colombia to examine whether, when, and how their citizens would turn to their judicial systems to seek legal remedies for human rights violations.

From the Classroom to Government

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Osman Ahmed (BA ‘12) is so glad he didn’t drop Professor Raymond Duvall’s international relations course. He used what he learned from that class in his professional role as a field representative, discussing policy and legislative issues with stakeholders and speaking on behalf of a US senator.

The Narrative of National Security

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When world leaders are forming a national security policy, they may create a narrative—a story—that they use to form their policy. But where do these stories come from, what makes them dominate, and when do they stop dominating? Professor Ron Krebs has been examining the power of political rhetoric.

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U of M crowdsourcing project transcribes Supreme Court justices’ handwritten notes

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