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President Joe Biden will convene a meeting of the National Security Council on the escalating crisis in Ukraine Sunday, amid a spike in violence that has heightened fears that Russia is planning to invade. Biden’s national security team, “reaffirmed that Russia could launch an attack against Ukraine at any time,” White House press secretary Jen … Read more
With clever Super Bowl ads, an irresistible fruit and apparently insatiable appetite from US consumers, Mexico’s avocado producers have been so far able to separate avocados from the conflictive landscape that produces them — at least until a threat to a US agricultural inspector essentially shut down their exports last week. But as producers continue … Read more
Adrian Peterson was stunned by his judgment on Sunday. Taken into custody on Sunday in Los Angeles for a domestic violence incident, Peterson professed his innocence, claiming it was a misunderstanding following an argument with his wife, Ashley Brown. “I was literally mind-blown that they took me to jail,” Peterson said in an interview with … Read more
A nationwide strike in Myanmar on Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the army’s seizure of power, as sporadic protests and violence across the country raised further international concern over the ongoing struggle for power. Photos and video on social media showed that a countrywide “silent strike” had emptied out streets in Myanmar’s largest city … Read more
Following the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, academics and journalists have taken the possibility of future political violence in America increasingly seriously. In her new book, How Civil Wars Start: And How To Stop Them, Barbara F. Walter writes, “We’re closer to Civil War than any of us would like to believe.” It’s … Read more
For more coverage of the January 6th attack, check out our collection of essays and reflections examining where we are as a country a year later, including what has changed – and not – since a violent crowd of Trump- Supporters stormed the US Capitol. For some researchers studying political violence, the events of January … Read more