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Ben Jealous listens to Camille Charles talk at a Kelly Writers House event

Beyond America’s racial fault line

Professor of practice Ben Jealous discussed race, politics, America’s long history of interracial collaboration, and his new book with Camille Z. Charles during a co-sponsored event at Kelly Writers House.

Four people sit on a stage in front of a screen reading "Perry World House University of Pennsylvania" at a talk about Afghan women's rights.

What comes next for women and girls in Afghanistan

A panel discussion at Perry World House explored how Afghan women and girls have continued to organize and fight for their own equality despite the Taliban’s resurgence.

The U.S. Capitol is seen reflected in a puddle in Washington, just before sunrise, on Jan. 6, 2022, on the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Matthew Levendusky and Kathleen Hall Jamieson on democracy amid crises

A new book by a team of scholars—including Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson—analyzes the crises surrounding the 2020 election and its aftermath.

Can you predict the year ahead better than superforecasters?

PIK Professor Philip Tetlock is noted for co-founding the Good Judgment project at Penn in response to a search for the best methods to forecast geopolitical events.

‘Is this ever going to end?’ Abuse survivors still waiting for statutory window

Marci Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences hopes that Pennsylvania lawmakers can overlook politics to make statute-of-limitations reform for child sexual abuse a priority.

Pa. House has a speaker in child sex victim advocate Mark Rozzi but a majority that is still undecided

Marci Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Mark Rozzi’s leadership of Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives sends a message of success and representation to survivors of sexual abuse.

Talking across the political aisle isn’t a cure-all—but it does help reduce hostility

A co-authored study by Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences suggests that in-person conversations with people from the other side of the political spectrum can reduce partisan hostility.

Mark Rozzi named Speaker of House

Marc Meredith of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Mark Rozzi will face an uphill battle as speaker of the Pennsylvania House to maintain the perception that he is an independent.

One person holds a framed image of Vladimir Lenin and another holds one of Josef Stalin as others wave red flags behind them in Moscow's Revolution Square.

Soviet Union’s centenary

Experts from across Penn share their thoughts on the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Soviet Union.

Protesters carrying Iranian flags walk through the National Mall in Washington, D.C., which is dotted with black and white photos of Iranians allegedly killed by their government.

‘The Changing Terrain of Religious Freedom’

This timely volume of essays edited by professors Heather J. Sharkey and Jeffrey Green explores theoretical, historical, and legal perspectives on religious freedom, while examining its meaning as an experience, value, and right.

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