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Why You Should Ask Your Family Questions About The Past
The past is like the present and the future, far from rigid. It is ever-changing and always moving depending on the perspective of the narrator. In school I was taught about history in a standardized and fixed way, learning so-called key moments and key figures. Which moments and figures do we consider key when learning about history?
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How to Fix Democracy with Carol Anderson
Season 5, Episode 10, features Dr. Carol Anderson, professor of African American Studies at Emory University. The episode discusses America in the post-World War II years when it emerged as the world's leading democratic country.
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How to Fix Democracy with Kevin Baker
Season 5, Episode 9, features writer and editor Kevin Baker who discusses the Interwar Era’s Cultural and Political Evolution in the US.
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How to Fix Democracy with Allida Black
Season 5, Episode 7 of How to Fix Democracy features Dr. Allida Black, a historian, author, and editor of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers.
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How to Fix Democracy with Richard Norton Smith
Season 5, Episode 6 of How to Fix Democracy features author and historian Richard Norton Smith, an expert on the American presidency.
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How to Fix Democracy with Edward Larson
Episode 2, Season 5 of How to Fix Democracy features historian and legal scholar Edward Larson, who presents the Scopes Trial of 1924 as well as the Fight for the Freedom to Teach.
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How to Fix Democracy with Moisés Naím
This special episode of Season 4 of How to Fix Democracy features Moisés Naím, an authoritative political thinker and best-selling author. In this episode, he explains how authoritarian political leaders use three “P”s to maintain their power: populism, polarization, and post-truths. Take a listen!
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How to Fix Democracy with Larry Diamond
Season 4, Episode 11 of How to Fix Democracy features Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. In this episode, he joins host Andrew Keen to discuss the state of democracy in the United States post-January 6th.
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How to Fix Democracy with Rebekah Caruthers
The Midterm Elections Special of Season 4 of How To Fix Democracy features Rebekah Caruthers discussing the implications for the 2022 Midterm Elections and giving advice for citizens on Election Day.
Humanity in Action Press
Discover some of the publications from our in-house publisher:
On People with Disabilities
What would happen if Hermione Granger was a girl with a disability? Why is disability is rarely discussed in terms of diversity? Who are people with disabilities?
Pre-Genocide - Warnings and Readiness to Protect
An anthology of personal interpretations, by researchers and writers, about alarm bells and the readiness to protect prior to genocides. The essays in this volume focus on the 1930s before the Holocaust in Germany, Poland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark - as well as the years before the genocides in Armenia, Cambodia, Kurdistan, Rwanda and Bosnia.
Shifting Paradigms: Humanity in Action Senior Fellows on Policy and Pluralism Across Borders
Shifting Paradigms is a volume of diverse articles on cross-border policy and pluralism written by Humanity in Action Senior Fellows.
Two Trees in Jerusalem
Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen in her touching account "Two Trees in Jerusalem" tells about the resistance of her parents, Donata and Eberhard Helmrich, against the horrors of National Socialism.
Transatlantic Perspectives on Diplomacy and Diversity
Recognizing the intensification of transnational conflicts that both violently divide and intimately link our global communities, this book is a collection of diverse essays, which tackle international relations and migration.
Reflections on the Holocaust
The first book published by Humanity in Action, Reflections on the Holocaust is a collection of essays from Humanity in Action Fellows, Senior Fellows, Board members and lecturers from 1997 to 2010.