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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.

(Image: AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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

Democracy in Israel
An Israeli protester holds a lit flare giving off a red glow as another waves an Israeli flag in a nighttime protest.

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 9, 2023. 

(Image: AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Democracy in Israel

Perry World House hosted a conversation to look at how the proposals from Israel’s new far-right government could weaken the country’s democracy.

Kristen de Groot

Matthew Levendusky’s ‘Our Common Bonds’
A toddler is seen from behind riding a scooter with a blue helmet on and wearing an American flag like a cape.

A Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2019 in Santa Monica, California.

(Image: AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Matthew Levendusky’s ‘Our Common Bonds’

A new book by Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences shows that, although there is no simple solution that will eradicate partisan animosity, there are concrete interventions that can reduce it.

Kristen de Groot