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American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful. This article was originally published in Waging Nonviolence.

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The First Amendment Meets the Virtual Public Square

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The First Amendment Meets the Virtual Public Square

Allen Lab Senior Fellow, Allison Stanger, argues in the Journal of Free Speech Law that Section 230 is breaking the First Amendment.

Healing through History
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Healing through History

Examining the American Medical Association Archives to Understand Racial Disparities in Healthcare

The Student Palestine Solidarity Movement Resumes
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The Student Palestine Solidarity Movement Resumes

Crowd Counting Consortium data show a resurgence of pro-Palestinian activism at U.S. colleges and universities as students have returned to school and started probing the limits of new restrictions on campus protests.

Episode 6: What happened in Venezuela’s elections?
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Episode 6: What happened in Venezuela’s elections?

In this episode, host Jay Ulfelder sits down with Nonviolent Action Lab Research Fellow Freddy Guevara to discuss the outcome of Venezuela’s elections and what that means for the state of democracy in the country.

In Denver, a Model for Jail-Based Voting
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In Denver, a Model for Jail-Based Voting

Across the United States, hundreds of thousands of people in jail retain their right to vote while being held in pretrial detention, having not been convicted of a crime.