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An Exclusive Look at "Chile in Their Hearts"

May 21 2026
An excerpt from John Dinges's book, "Chile in Their Hearts," a page-turning reinvestigation of two American activists murdered in Chile.
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The Celia Ramos Ruling and the Long Fight for Justice in Peru

May 21 2026
"Together We Fight" author Ñusta Carranza Ko on a recent pinnacle court case in Peru and the continued fight for human rights.
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Authors Alex Werth and Brandi Thompson Summers on How Sound Shapes Culture, Memory, and Place

May 20 2026
Authors Alex Werth and Brandi Thompson Summers offer perspective on cultural geography and Black belonging in Oakland on the AAG panel, "Oakland as Subject and Setting: Doing Black Geographies in Place."
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How Prisons Manage Gender Boundaries—and How That’s Changed Over Time

May 20 2026
Author Joss T. Greene traces how changing prison systems have shaped the treatment of transgender prisoners across decades.
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Palestine and the Political Awakening of Lamine Yamal

May 19 2026
Author Khaled Beydoun on how football phenom Lamine Yamal’s decision to raise the Palestinian flag during Barcelona’s title parade signaled a bold embrace of political identity and solidarity.
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"Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos" Announces the 2024–2025 Christian Zlolniski Award Winners

May 13 2026
The 2024–2025 Christian Zlolniski Award recognizes outstanding early-career scholarship on Mexican Catholic women’s activism and representations of narco violence in contemporary Mexican cinema.
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"Journal of Religion and Popular Culture" Offers Select Free Content during Implicit Religion Conferences

May 13 2026
We've removed the paywall from a selection of articles from JRPC in conjunction with IR UK and US.
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An Exclusive Look at “Self-Realization Nation”

May 12 2026
An excerpt from John Kapusta's new book, "Self-Realization Nation."
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Chiptune in the Twenty-First Century: Memory Power

May 11 2026
Rooted in the emergence of video game audio technology, chiptune is a form of electronic music that blossomed into a means of self-expression and global phenomenon toward the end of the twentieth century.
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National Petroleum Reserve Oil Drilling Project Case Study Wins 2025 CSE Prize Competition

May 11 2026
“The Willow Project and Environmental Justice” balances economic, ecological, and cultural considerations while foregrounding environmental justice concerns.
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