Americans distrust each other, the government, and most major institutions. For the last 25 years, both parties have managed to over-promise, over-reach and under-deliver. It's not supposed to be this way, and it doesn'…

“The love of theatre was infused in us… Things called the arts could also be used as a weapon for change,” recalls Tony-award winning actor, director, and playwright John Kani when he reflects on his youth under aparthe…

Isidro González, post-doctoral fellow and visiting professor of history at CMC, shares highlights of his research which explores histories and legacies of eugenic practices, methods, and data in the 20th-century U.S. So…

Every December, many Vishnu temples across the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu celebrate a twenty-day festival of recitation. The festival commemorates the Tamil devotional poetry of a group of twelve poet-saints, the…

The unexpected fall of the Assad regime at a time that many observers believed it had survived Syria’s long and bloody civil war have raised questions about old assumptions and about both Syrian politics and the distrib…

How big a problem is torture? Are the right things being done to prevent it? Why does the United Nations appear at times to be so impotent in the face of it? Drawing on his ten plus years of experience as Chair of the U…

Award-winning journalist, filmmaker, author, and changemaker Beth Murphy has built her career on the belief that empathy fuels action—and that storytelling is one of the most powerful tools to inspire both. Her document…