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‘Alone Again in Fukushima’
People in hazmat suits walk around the Fukushima nuclear plant in 2013

Experts with the International Atomic Energy Agency depart Unit 4 of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on April 17, 2013 as part of a mission to review Japan’s plans to decommission the facility. (Image: Greg Webb/IAEA)

‘Alone Again in Fukushima’

On the 10th anniversary of the triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear facility destruction, a film and discussion hosted by the Center for East Asian Studies looked at the calamity’s reverberations.

Kristen de Groot

Graphic histories: Understanding the Middle East and Africa through comics
Watercolor image of an aerial view of the Saharan desert, with a row of camels against a backdrop of grey mountains and a light blue sky, with the words “Odette du Puigaudeau and Marion Senones” against the sky.

An image from a graphic history of two French women who traveled to Mauritania in the 1930s by Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik.

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Graphic histories: Understanding the Middle East and Africa through comics

A virtual panel at the Middle East Center explored why this type of sequential art has gained popularity and how the art form can transform the way people think about history.

Kristen de Groot

The racial burden of cleaning voter rolls
An illustration of an American flag shows the stripes separating into a maze and one winding up at a ballot box

A new study by Marc Meredith and Katie Steele looks at how cleaning voter rolls impacts minorities.

The racial burden of cleaning voter rolls

A new study by Penn political scientists shows that errors in removing people from voter rolls in Wisconsin disproportionately impacted minorities.

Kristen de Groot

A conversation with Stacey Abrams
Zoom call with a woman in a pink dress on the left and man in blue suit on the right

Stacey Abrams and Ben Jealous during their virtual talk at Penn.

A conversation with Stacey Abrams

The Georgia politician sat down with Ben Jealous, visiting scholar and former NAACP leader, to discuss topics from gerrymandering to romance novels in a virtual discussion.

Kristen de Groot

Myanmar coup, explained
Members of Myanmar police stand by a cordoned off blockade area on the street.

A police cordon in Myanmar on Feb. 1, 2021. (Image: OneNews)

Myanmar coup, explained

Laura Edwards, an LL.M. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law and Myanmar expert, shares her take on the crisis.

Kristen de Groot

Historian Mia Bay on ‘Traveling Black’
Historical photograph of Union Terminal waiting room with African American travelers

Jacksonville Union Terminal segregated waiting room during the Great Migration.

Historian Mia Bay on ‘Traveling Black’

The professor of history’s new book explores the intertwined history of travel segregation and African American struggles for freedom of movement.

Kristen de Groot

More thoughts on the state of American democracy
george floyd protest

More thoughts on the state of American democracy

In part two of this series, five Penn experts offer their insights on public health, election legitimacy, student loan debt, and more.

Michele W. Berger, Erica K. Brockmeier, Kristen de Groot, Louisa Shepard

Mailing it in: Getting the word out on getting the ballots in
Grey mail slots are full of letters and other post

A new study by Daniel Hopkins and Marc Meredith looks at whether a postcard campaign can boost mail-in voting.

Mailing it in: Getting the word out on getting the ballots in

A new study by political scientists Daniel Hopkins and Marc Meredith shows an inexpensive postcard campaign can boost mail-in voting.

Kristen de Groot

Arab Spring, 10 years later
Large group of men gather in the street in Yemen holding the country's flag during the 2011 Arab Spring.

Protesters in Aden, Al Mansoora during the Arab Spring 2011 calling for the secession of South Yemen from the North. (Image: Almahra)

Arab Spring, 10 years later

A virtual panel at the Middle East Center looked at the legacy and long-term impact of the 2011 uprisings and how the region has been redefined by them.

Kristen de Groot

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