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Good Friday Agreement, 25 years later
Former prime minister Sir Tony Blair and then taoiseach Bertie Ahern sign the Good Friday agreement 25 years ago.

Then-U.K. prime minister Tony Blair (left) and then-Taoiseach Bertie Ahern sign the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 1998. 

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Good Friday Agreement, 25 years later

Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts & Sciences looks back at the deal that brought peace to Northern Ireland.

Kristen de Groot

Claire Finkelstein on Trump’s indictment
Trump supporters hold Trump 2024 flags and campaign signs in shadow as the sun sets.

Supporters carry flags as they protest the news that former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, Thursday, March 30, 2023, near his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

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Claire Finkelstein on Trump’s indictment

Finkelstein, the founder and faculty director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, discusses how this case is a test of America’s institutions, the rule of law, and the world’s oldest democracy.

Kristen de Groot

Guy Grossman offers a model for refugee hosting
Guy Grossman.

Guy Grossman, political science professor in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences.

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Guy Grossman offers a model for refugee hosting

The political science professor investigates the effects of Uganda’s refugee-hosting reforms on preventing public backlash.

From Omnia