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In Memoriam: Dr. Mala Htun, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Passes Away

Political Science Now

She was the author of three books, most recently The Logics of Gender Justice: State Action on Women’s Rights around the World , co-authored with Laurel Weldon, which won the 2019 International Studies Associations Best Book Award in the Human Rights Section.

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Treasuring Indonesian Culture; From Local Practice to State Political Ritual

Anthropology News

President Jokowi Widodo, more commonly known as ”Jokowi,” and Vice President Jusuf Kalla surprised the public when attending Indonesia’s 2017 State of the Union Address (SOTU) by wearing traditional attire. The 2017 Jakarta election left a discernible impact on President Jokowi’s political strategies for managing diversity.

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Students sue New York City, saying black and Latino athletes have fewer sports opportunities

The Hechinger Report

data cited in the lawsuit, between 2012 and 2017, only about half of requests for sports team from schools that had more than 90 percent black and Latino students were approved, whereas about three-quarters of such requests were approved for schools whose student bodies were 10 percent or less black and Latino students. The P.S.A.L.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. During the 2017-18 school year, more than 69,000 students received corporal punishment almost 97,000 times nationwide.

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“Stay out of my hair!”

The Hechinger Report

When 16-year-old twins Mya and Deanna Cook went to Mystic Valley Regional Charter School with braided hair extensions in 2017, the school issued several infractions to both of them and asked the black girls to step out of class. It’s past time the DOE issued guidance, telling schools to leave black students’ hair alone.

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Dr. Kimberly A. Mealy Appointed as the Next Executive Director of the American Political Science Association

Political Science Now

Mealy has developed extensive external partnerships with leaders of other associations such as the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), where she has served on the Science and Human Rights Coalition Council since 2017.

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STUDENT VOICE: Teachers are often a lifeline for LGBTQ+ youth. Remote learning risks that connection

The Hechinger Report

When I, Jaiden, entered high school in 2017, I had just started identifying as transgender, and it was scary. In 2012, the Human Rights Campaign reported that 47 percent of LGBT youth say they do not “fit in” in their communities. I have never been the type to be upfront about my identity or directly label myself.