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What Happens When Right-Wing Extremists Govern. A Guide to Resistance
Author, political activist and Senior Fellow Arne Semsrott confronts the alarming rise of right-wing extremism in Germany through his latest novel, Machtübernahme (Takeover of Power: What Happens When Right-Wing Extremists Govern. A Guide to Resistance).
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Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Podcast: Gender, Rights & Resistance
Senior Fellow Meredith Blake discusses gender, rights, resistance and the gendered dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic in this podcast from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.
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Senior Fellow interviewed about domestic violence during the pandemic
We recommend an interview for Gazeta Wyborcza daily with Aleksandra Mosiołek, Senior Fellow, HIA Poland activist network member and Managing Director of Women’s Rights Centre in Gdańsk.
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Being Together by Staying Apart: The 2020 Humanity in Action Fellowship
We are committed to providing a deeply meaningful experience to our Fellows this year as we have done for the past two decades. Following a multimedia and multi-format approach including films, skill-building workshops, lectures, dynamic action project labs and more, we are working hard to design an intriguing online program that bridges the past with the present and future.
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This crisis is a stage for patriarchy
"The man as scientist, the woman as child carer: The crisis reveals that patriarchal patterns of everyday life continue to shape people's thoughts and actions," writes Senior Fellow and Humanity in Action Germany Board Member Dr. Carolin Wiedemann.
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Humanity in Action Senior Fellow and Board Member Claude Grunitzky featured on Home with Isha Sesay
Humanity in Action Senior Fellow and Board Member Claude Grunitzky joins former CNN anchor Isha Sesay to discuss COVID-19 in Africa in her new show "Home with Isha Sesay."
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President Trump’s immigration suspension has nothing to do with coronavirus
Senior Fellow Carly Goodmann recently published the article "President Trump’s immigration suspension has nothing to do with coronavirus." in The Washington Post. Carly critically examines US President Donald Trump's guidance through the pandemic arguing that his idea about who can be American has little to do with keeping Americans safe from the coronavirus.
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Senior Fellow Francis Seeck will publish "With Solidarity against Classism" book
Classism describes discrimination based on social origin. Classism is directed against people from the poor or working* class, it affects life expectancy and limits access to housing, education, health care and recognition. With "Solidarisch gegen Klassismus" (With Solidarity against Classism), Senior Fellow Francis Seeck and Brigitte Theißl will make the first German-language anthology on anti-classicism available.
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Klaus Scharioth on the decline of the United States in the New York Times
Klaus Scharioth, Board Member of Humanity in Action Germany and Germany’s Ambassador to the United States from 2006 to 2011, was recently interviewed for Michelle Goldberg's New York Times article "Coronavirus and the Price of Trump’s Delusions - A cult of personality is no match for a pandemic" (April 25, 2020).
