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Violence
16 posts
How Climate Change Will Push People Toward Violence
A new book uses climate science and psychology to explain how a rapidly warming planet increases aggression and…
2022-03-11
The Countries Hosting The Most Refugees
These countries are hosts to the highest number of people forcibly displaced from their homes. The number of…
2020-07-02
Joker Makes For Uncomfortable Viewing – It Shows How Society Creates Extremists
The backlash against the backlash has begun. Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Todd Phillips of Hangover…
2019-10-09
Top 10 Most Peaceful Countries 2019
Which countries are the most peaceful? The Global Peace Index 2019 is here to answer you. The Global…
2019-07-15
Violent Crime Is Like Infectious Disease – And We Know How To Stop It Spreading
Headlines scream about “epidemics” of shootings and stabbings – but what if we took that literally? From Chicago…
2019-06-23
What If Most People Love Violence?
For decades, I’ve investigated and promoted nonviolent action as a means to help create a better world. Although…
2019-06-20
How Repression Can Fuel A Movement
This text is adapted from “The Paradox of Repression and Nonviolent Movements,” edited by Lester R. Kurtz and…
2019-06-05
Power And Powerlessness In Global Cities
How does today’s globalization transform our perceptions of urban inequality and how do we respond to it? Inequality…
2019-04-09
When The State Is Unjust, Citizens May Use Justifiable Violence
If you see police choking someone to death – such as Eric Garner, the 43-year-old black horticulturalist wrestled…
2018-12-11
Two Things To Know About Crime Rates In The US
Violent crime in the US dropped by about half since the 1990s. But why? In this quick video,…
2018-07-04
Here’s How Data Could Make Our Cities Safer
Across Europe, fast-growing cities and city regions are increasingly confronted with urban violence from extremists seeking to further…
2018-06-04
Gary Haugen : The Hidden Reason For Poverty The World Needs To Address Now
Collective compassion has meant an overall decrease in global poverty since the 1980s, says civil rights lawyer Gary…
2016-03-07
To Get Less Drunken Violence, Design Better Cities
Tragically, another young life has been lost in an alleged one-punch assault, this time in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley.…
2016-01-15
What Urban Design Can Actually Do To Address Police Violence
Leaders in the field discuss what design can—and can’t—accomplish in the service of communities like Baltimore and Ferguson.…
2015-07-10
Blood On The Streets : The Violent History Of Public Squares
There may have been earlier public squares, yet the ancient Greeks with their agora, or central meeting place…
2015-03-13
Robert Muggah: How To Protect Fast-Growing Cities From Failing
Worldwide, violence is on the decline, but in the crowded cities of the global south — cities like…
2015-02-14