Karen Ross and Marcia Mundt
Karen Ross is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security and Global Governance at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, and a dialogue practitioner/trainer. Her applied and scholarly work focus on issues at the nexus of grassroots activism, education, and social change.
Marcia D. Mundt is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts-Boston. She is also a current USIP Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar and Fulbright-Hays Fellow researching deliberative democracy and its impacts on peacebuilding in Central America.
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Cynthia McKinney, an American politician and assistant professor at North South University, Bangladesh, gives an honest assessment of both U.S. foreign and military policy to offer her most current thoughts and insights.
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Police sergeant under investigation after grabbing officer’s throat on video
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Even if the city has clean water, many people still struggle to accept that they’re being told the truth this time.