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Turmoil in Ethiopia, explained
Ethiopian refugees, mostly women and children from the Tigray region, sit and lay on blankets on a dirt floor, as some blankets and clothing hang on a clothesline behind them.

Thousands of people, mainly women and children displaced by conflict in the western Tigray region, stay in Mai Tsebri town under crowded conditions on March 18, 2021. (Image: UNICEF Ethiopia)

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    • Turmoil in Ethiopia, explained

    Demisse Selassie, a Penn Law student and Perry World House Graduate Associate, shares his take on the ongoing violence in Tigray.

    Kristen de Groot

    India’s COVID crisis
    Rows of houses with corrugated metal roofs are interspersed with trees. A mountain range is in the background

    "Everyone’s biggest worry was that India... was extremely vulnerable, given that its population of 1.4 billion people live in very densely populated areas,” says Harsha Thirumurthy. Pictured: Jaipur, India. (Image: Adam Auerbach) 

    India’s COVID crisis

    Political scientist Tariq Thachil of the School of Arts & Sciences and economist and public health expert Harsha Thirumurthy of the Perelman School of Medicine take a look at what’s happening in India with the pandemic's second wave and what can be done to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

    Kristina García

    Hajer Al-Faham finds American Muslims are under watch, even in research
    Hajer Al-Faham

    Hajer Al-Fahem, a doctoral candidate in political science. (Image: Courtesy of OMNIA)

    Hajer Al-Faham finds American Muslims are under watch, even in research

    The doctoral candidate in political science, finds that disproportionate surveillance of American Muslims stifles academic research.

    From Omnia

    The world according to Walter Palmer
    Wearing a suit and tie, Walter Palmer stands outside of Penn's School of Social Policy and Practice with his hands in his pockets.
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    • The world according to Walter Palmer

    The educator, organizer, and alumnus discusses his six decades of activism, growing up in the Black Bottom, studying and teaching at Penn, his work at CHOP, the student strike of 1967, the Vietnam War, Frank Rizzo, Donald Trump, school choice, gun violence, the Chauvin trial, and why he thinks racism should be declared a national public health crisis.
    The ‘hijab penalty’: Feminist backlash to Muslim immigrants in Germany
    A red and yellow train approaches a platform as passengers wait on the right side, including one in a hijab.

    A new study conducted at train stations across Germany looks at discrimination against Muslim women.

    The ‘hijab penalty’: Feminist backlash to Muslim immigrants in Germany

    Research from political scientists Nicholas Sambanis, Danny Choi, and Mathias Poertner finds discrimination against Muslim women is eliminated when they show progressive gender attitudes.

    Kristen de Groot

    Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw on the future of Cuban politics, economy, and art
    A larger building flies the Cuban flag. A sign in front says "Cuba"

    The Hotel Nacional, owned by the state-run chain Gran Caribe, is a tourism anchor in the el Vedado district of Havana, Cuba. (Image: Yuting Gao, Pexels)

    Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw on the future of Cuban politics, economy, and art

    On April 19, Raúl Castro stepped down from his role as the head of Cuba’s communist party. Penn Today talked with Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw of the School of Arts & Sciences about the future of Cuban politics, the economy, and art after the close of the Castro era.

    Kristina García

    Romney and Cheney were once quintessential conservative names. Then ‘conservative’ changed

    Romney and Cheney were once quintessential conservative names. Then ‘conservative’ changed

    Research co-authored by Dan Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences found that there isn’t necessarily a correlation between how conservative senators are based on their voting records and how conservative they’re perceived to by Republican activists. “For these activists, to be conservative is partly to support the Republican frontrunner/nominee,” wrote Hopkins and his co-author.

    Biden’s big plans through the lens of history
    Man in laborer clothes holds shovel, smokes a pipe and looks at his paycheck by a sign reading "USA Work Program WPA"

    A Works Progress Administration worker receives his paycheck, 1939.

    (Image: Courtesy of the National Archives)

    Biden’s big plans through the lens of history

    Historian Walter Licht shares his thoughts on the American Jobs Plan and how it compares to national projects of the past.

    Kristen de Groot