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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 Jonathan Rauch and Peter Wehner
Season 4 Episode 2 titled The Crisis of the American Right features authors and researchers Jonathan Rauch and Peter Wehner. Together with host Andrew Keen, they discuss the history and implications of the stark transformation undergone by the Republican Party during and after Donald Trump’s presidency.
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How to Fix Democracy with Cheryl Welch and Arthur Goldhammer
Season 4 Episode 1 titled Tocqueville's Take on Democracy features Harvard University professors Cheryl Welch and Arthur Goldhammer. They kick off Season 4 of How To Fix Democracy by joining host Andrew Keen for a discussion of Tocqueville's famous observational text, "Democracy in America."
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Landecker Fellow Catherine Neilan - Explaining polarization and making common ground
Humanity in Action asked Landecker Fellow Catherine Neilan to speak about her Action Project.
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Landecker Fellow Tomasz Cebulski - Raising historical awareness among today’s youth
Humanity in Action asked Landecker Fellow Tomasz Cebulski to talk about his Action Project.
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Landecker Fellow Boglarka Fedorko - Creating an activist community
Humanity in Action called Landecker Fellow Boglarka Fedorko to talk about her Action Project.
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Landecker Fellow Iason Apostolopoulos - Rescuing refugees in the Mediterranean
Humanity in Action called Landecker Fellow Iason Apostolopoulos to talk about his Action Project.
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Landecker Fellow Tara Dickman - Training future leaders
Humanity in Action checks in with Landecker Fellow Tara Dickman about her Action Project.
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How To Fix Democracy with Jon Alexander
Season 3 Episode 20 titled The Roles of Citizens features Jon Alexander, the founder of The New Citizenship Project. In this episode, Jon speaks with host Andrew Keen about the conflict between our roles as citizens and consumers.
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.