Dignity & Development
In-depth analysis of global challenges through the lens of integral human development.
The image and failure of white feminism
March 9, 2021When you work as a writer in various media, you learn to develop your content with a visual element in mind: you hire an illustrator […]
Integral human development: A brief history
March 5, 2021Sometimes documents and phrases need to find their moment. When the Declaration of Independence was published in 1776, it made few ripples. Copies were lost; […]
Development, dispossession and authoritarian reversal in Southeast Asia
March 1, 2021The February 1 military coup in Myanmar is only the latest in a series of authoritarian reversals across the region. It follows a controversial declaration […]
The US national budget is a theft from the poor
February 23, 2021Budgets are moral documents. They reflect ethical judgments about priorities and what we consider most valuable. By this standard, the US national budget fails the […]
Peace is another name for violence, sometimes
February 17, 2021Like many of my friends, I rejoiced upon learning about the 2021 nominations of Stacey Abrams and the Movement for Black Lives for the prestigious, […]
A relational understanding of human development
February 11, 2021Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs has taken the promotion of integral human development as the framework that shapes its research and education programs. […]
The power of presence
February 5, 2021In the cascade of canceled flights, rescheduled events, and transitions from physical to virtual interactions over the past year, one polite demurral caught my attention: […]
Mapping multiple crises through the geographic information system
January 28, 2021It has been a year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency in January 2020. (It was declared a […]
‘Building the third room’: towards peace and women’s dignity in future Afghanistan
January 22, 2021Finding effective solutions to an armed conflict through negotiated settlement demands that each party seeks the common good, acknowledges critical differences, and provides space for […]
Capitol crisis calls for a pastor-in-chief
January 15, 2021The January 6 insurrection at the Capitol in Washington, DC, is just the beginning. It came as advertised; it was televised; and the perpetrators are […]
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