This Political Scientist Forecasted the Central African Republic Genocide
A conversation about the grim business of predicting mass atrocities.
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Among Men, Holocaust Survivors Live Longer Lives
A study of Polish emigrants to Israel found men who survived the Holocaust lived, on average, six months longer than those who avoided it.
Ambassador Nominee Samantha Power on the Role of the United Nations
The next American ambassador to the United Nations discusses her philosophy of leadership in a 2008 interview with Miller-McCune.
Pol Pot’s Legacy: Cambodian Refugees in Poor Health
Advocates look to expand programs that address a legacy of the Pol Pot era: an epidemic of heart disease, diabetes and stroke among Cambodian-Americans.
Academic Research Does Not Take Holidays Off
There is, in fact, a surprising amount of scholarship on the subject of Thanksgiving, a uniquely American celebration marked by rituals that lend themselves to a wide range of interpretations.
What Really Happened in Rwanda?
Researchers Christian Davenport and Allan C. Stam say the accepted story of the mass killings of 1994 is incomplete, and the full truth — inconvenient as it may be to the Rwandan government — needs to come out.