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Global Justice

The Law Ought to Be King

Thailand has been gripped by the largest wave of protest in years, forcing a reckoning between the country’s dual structures of democracy and monarchy.

Peera Songkünnatham

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Global Justice

Global Justice, Race

Reply to Dr. Agnes Binagwaho

Angus Deaton replies to Agnes Binagwaho.

Angus Deaton

Global Justice, Race

Letter to the Editor: Angus Deaton on Rwanda

Rwanda’s minister of health responds to our recent forum, "The Logic of Effective Altruism."

Agnes Binagwaho

Class & Inequality, Global Justice

Effective Altruism's Political Blind Spot

“Effective altruism,” the philanthropic movement founded on Peter Singer’s ideas, applies a consequentialist philosophy to the problem of global poverty.

Emily Clough

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The Logic of Effective Altruism

A minimally acceptable ethical life involves using a substantial part of one’s spare resources to make the world a better place.

Peter Singer

Global Justice

Open Letter to Gayle Smith, Nominee for USAID Administrator

At USAID there’s one simple thing you can commit to: no famine.

Alex de Waal

Global Justice, War & Security

Protecting (Violent) Protest

The legacy of the Gaza flotilla incident, five years later.

Itamar Mann

Global Justice, Politics

Ever-Crumbling Walls

The identity of a nation lies in its borders.

Santiago Zabala, Søren Tinning

Global Justice

Hong Kong's Umbrella Generation

On one of the largest peaceful protest movements in recent world history.

Guobin Yang, Ran Liu

Arts in Society, Global Justice

"The Tremendous Suffering of Ordinary People"

Barbara Rylko-Bauer's A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps.

Paul Farmer

Global Justice, Philosophy & Religion

Zionism and the Right to Culture

Can Israel Be Both Jewish and Democratic?

Omri Boehm

Global Justice, War & Security

The Haifa Mob

On July 19 I joined a licensed march in Haifa against the Gaza war.

Noam Chayut

Global Justice, Philosophy & Religion

When Protesting Israel Becomes Hating Jews

History has shown time and again that it is not possible to dehumanize an enemy while treating their cousins, aunts, and uncles with respect. 

Jason Stanley

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