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Jolly Roger Pirate Flag. CREDIT: <a href="http://bit.ly/1KdKK8H" target="_blank">Josu </a><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" target="_blank">(CC)</a>.

APR 27, 2015 Article

Is Downloading Really Stealing? The Ethics of Digital Piracy

You wouldn't steal a car, you wouldn't steal a handbag, you wouldn't steal a television. But what about downloading pirated films? Is intellectual property infringement ...

Detail from <i>Blueprint for Revolution</i> book cover.

APR 27, 2015 Podcast

Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World

In the late 1990s, using humor, irony, and imagination, Popovic and his friends toppled Serbian dictator Milošević. They went on to found CANVAS, which ...

People celebrating "Raahgiri Day," a car-free and pollution-free day in the streets of New Delhi, India.<br> CREDIT: Nidhi Gulati and Manisha Balani from <a href="http://bit.ly/1Qgn5IK" target="_blank">Project for Public Spaces</a>.

APR 22, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: What Makes a City Great? It's not the Liveability but the Loveability

A conversation about cities, suburbs, and the consequences of exporting the "Western" city model to the world with Ethan Kent, senior vice president of Project ...

APR 17, 2015 Podcast

Are We At War With Islam?

In Europe, both non-Muslims and Muslims need to honestly confront and contend with the stereotypes, anxieties, and resentments they have about each other, says Professor ...

APR 16, 2015 Podcast

Juan Cole on Europe's Muslims and More

In this enlightening conversation, Professor Cole, an expert in relations between the Muslim world and the West, gives an on-the-ground perspective on the Iran nuclear ...