News: In The Media
From Michael Brown to George Floyd: Why video footage wouldn’t have changed perception of Ferguson shooting
August 9, 2020David Hooker, associate professor of the practice of conflict transformation and peacebuilding, shares insight and contextual analysis about the Michael Brown and George Floyd murder […]
Nuclear era that began in 1945 poses moral questions for the 21st century
August 7, 2020David Cortright, director of the Keough School’s Global Policy Initiative, was quoted in a recent National Catholic Reporter article on nuclear disarmament. “[T]he public consciousness on […]
How China’s new national security law will hobble Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
July 14, 2020In a recent Washington Post op-ed, Maggie Shum, research associate for the Master of Global Affairs program, writes that China’s national security law (NSL) is likely to […]
‘Their stories should be told right’: how museums are documenting the protests
July 7, 2020In a recent Guardian article, Maggie Shum, research associate for the Master of Global Affairs program, called for proper and respectful preservation of Black Lives […]
The coronavirus has revealed the true nature of hunger in America
June 19, 2020In a recent Chronicle of Philantropy op-ed, Ray Offenheiser, William J. Pulte Director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development, highlights the impact of the […]
Supreme Court rules in favor of DACA, for now
June 18, 2020Erin Corcoran, executive director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, commented on the recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of DACA. “It’s a […]
The arc of racial injustice
June 17, 2020William Collins Donahue, Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Professor of the Humanities and director of the Initiative for Global Europe at the Keough School of […]
Implementation of Colombian peace agreement slowed in 2019
June 16, 2020Research by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies was cited in an El Tiempo article about the Colombian peace agreement. “. . . between December 2018 […]
The Trump administration thinks it can win an arms race. Time for a history lesson.
June 5, 2020David Cortright, director of the Global Policy Initiative, writes about the arms race and the Cold War in a recent Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists […]
My country, torn and on fire
June 3, 2020In an op-ed for Frankfurter Allgemeine, Professor of the Humanities William Donahue writes about racial justice in America and raises the question, “What will my children […]