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Sharing knowledge is crucial to our mission. Browse work and wisdom from our organization and community.
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The New Generation Voices Video Series
In the New Generation Voices series, the Bertelsmann Foundation in partnership with Humanity in Action Germany has created a collection of digital animations portraying how young Germans and Americans see common global challenges and how the future can be shaped best by working together.
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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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WSIS Turns Twenty: Implications for the Media Development Community
Landecker Fellow Ayden Férdeline wrote an opinion piece focusing on the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and its framework that shapes today’s international norms on Internet governance.
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A Message About the Maui Fires
Senior Landecker Fellow and US Racial Equity Grantee Kris Coffield wrote a powerful article about the Maui Fires of 2023.
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How to Fix Democracy with Paul Sparrow
Season 5, Episode 5 of How to Fix Democracy features writer and historical consultant Paul Sparrow, who, together with Host Andrew Keen, delves into the deep complexities of the 32nd U.S. President who employed the powerful resources of his mind and personality.
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Reflections by Judy Goldstein: On Reading
Reflections is a column by Humanity in Action Founder and Executive Director Emeritus Judy Goldstein. In each column, Judy shares her personal insights and opinions about a variety of topics and Humanity in Action's work.
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How to Fix Democracy with Derek Leebaert
Episode 4, Season 5, of How to Fix Democracy features author and historian Derek Leebaert who provides a revisionist account of President Franklin Roosevelt and four members of his Cabinet.
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How to Fix Democracy with Robert Kagan
Episode 3, Season 5, of How to Fix Democracy features Robert Kagan, the distinguished Brookings Institute scholar of foreign policy, and discusses America’s dramatically changing place in the world during the Twenties and Thirties.
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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.
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.