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Learn More About: Racial Justice as Human Rights: Support for Reform in American Policing

Political Science Now

Project Title: Racial Justice as Human Rights: Support for Reform in American Policing Genevieve Bates, University of Wisconsin-Madison Genevieve Bates is an Anna Julia Cooper Research Associate and an incoming Assistant Professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her Ph.D. She received her Ph.D.

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Latin American Solidarity in Changing Times  

Anthropology News

La Toma is an Afro-Colombian community that has long sat at the intersection of extractive industries—especially gold mining—and violence from right-wing paramilitaries, guerillas, and government forces. Many older activists today involved in US Latin America solidarity were trained in techniques and tactics during this movement.

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

Political Science Now

million dollars in 2021; and serving as the co-Principal Investigator on the National Science Foundation (NSF) $1.4 million dollar Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) (2020-2023 and 2023-2026).

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A school created a homeless shelter in the gym and it paid off in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

But Portillo refuses to take credit for any accomplishments, including sacrificing her own “off” hours to keep the gym open full-time over the 2021 holiday break rather than making everyone leave by 7 each morning. We will not fix homelessness until the federal government believes that housing is a human right,” Ronen said.

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Towards an Anthropological Praxis of User Data

Anthropology News

Corporations and governments alike now routinely create, purchase, and exchange user data—and not just in the Global North. With that in mind: what can we do with what we know about the still-in-flux norms of user data?

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How to keep dual-language programs from being gentrified by English speaking families

The Hechinger Report

Yet a 2021 study found that dual-language “education can benefit … even students who often struggle in school because of special education needs.” In 2011, one mother filed a complaint with the Cambridge Human Rights Commission, alleging that Amigos no longer served the Hispanic community.

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Learn how Political Science Students are Improving Wikipedia

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In a course on African Politics , students created new articles on Voting rights in Nigeria as well as Child soldiers in Uganda. They expanded the entries on the Constitution of Ghana as well as Human rights in Ethiopia. The deadline to apply for Wiki Education’s free support in Spring 2022 is November 21, 2021.