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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 Tzipi Livni
Tzipi Livni talks about the current state of politics in Israel, what she thinks is essential for political parties to contribute to the strength of democracy, and how supporters of liberal democracy around the world can band together to defend it.
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How to Fix Democracy with Madeleine Albright
From Kansas City, where she was holding the Aspen Ministers Forum in May 2019, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spoke with Andrew Keen about why her first president, Harry Truman, was such an inspiration to her.
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Vlog against Hate Speech with 7 Meters Under
Humanity in Action Poland joined forces with Rafał Gębura, a YouTuber and creator of 7 Meters Under, to release a video on how hate speech wreaks havoc in society, from the perspective of a Muslim woman and a gay man in Poland.
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How to Fix Democracy with Earl Lewis
Dr. Earl Lewis speaks on the four main challenges to American democracy and what brings him hope.
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Tech & Society: Building Digital Capacity in Government
This Tech & Society webinar aimed to help the Humanity in Action community learn more about the government technology space and the potential for technology to improve the way government delivers important services.
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How to Fix Democracy with Ivan Krastev
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How to Fix Democracy Washington Symposium
At the Bertelsmann Foundation's Washington Symposium in April, 2019, we asked leaders from business, politics, and culture to respond to the question: “How do we fix democracy?” These are their answers.
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On Refugees: Why all this hate?
Why all this hate? “On Refugees” („O Uchodźcach i Uchodźczyniach”) is another interactive book in our series! This time we write about refugees.
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.