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Genocide

firearms policy

The Great Joanne Eisen

Joanne Eisen and Paul Gallant advanced human rights globally by telling the stories of the victims of oppression

David Kopel |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.9.2025 1:15 PM

A painting by Syrian Kurdish American artist Lukman Ahmad titled 'The Other Side of the Coin.' | Oxford University Press

Syria

How the Threat of Genocide Sparked a Multi-Ethnic Revolution in Syria

In Statelet of Survivors, Amy Austin Holmes shows why the Syrian Kurdish revolution is no longer just for Kurds.

Matthew Petti | 3.30.2024 7:00 AM

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Housing Policy

Critics Sue Over Hawaii's Housing Deregulation, Calling It Attempted 'Genocide'

A coalition including the state ACLU, Sierra Club, and Native Hawaiian cultural groups argue Gov. Josh Green vastly exceeded his emergency powers when he waived most regulations on homebuilding.

Christian Britschgi | 9.8.2023 4:00 PM

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China

Biden Shouldn't Meet Xi Jinping in China. He Should Do It in America.

The U.S. may not realize it, but it has the upper hand. It turns out communism doesn't work.

Ira Stoll | 8.15.2022 2:10 PM

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China

Enes Kanter Freedom on the NBA's Relationship With China: 'We Have To Expose This'

“While we’re dribbling the ball on the other side of the ocean, people are losing their loved ones, lives, and hope,” says the former Celtics center.

Noor Greene | 8.10.2022 12:25 PM

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Facebook

Using Facebook Actually Reduces Ethnic Tension, New Study Finds

People fret about online echo chambers, but offline echo chambers can be just as strong—or stronger.

Robby Soave | 6.16.2021 12:07 PM

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Foreign Policy

Biden's Long-Overdue Recognition of the Armenian Genocide Could—but Probably Won't—Produce a Foreign Policy Rethink

It's long since past time to separate accurate geopolitical language from military interventionism.

Matt Welch | 4.26.2021 3:35 PM

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China

China's Dark Turn

A country that was once making strides toward freedom slides further into oppression and authoritarianism.

John Stossel | 9.9.2020 12:30 AM

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Foreign Policy

The Corruptions of Power

Will former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power ever learn?

Matt Welch | 12.24.2019 6:00 AM

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Socialism

Socialism Killed My Father

Venezuela's failed collectivist experiment brought death and despair to a once-prosperous country.

José Cordeiro | 12.7.2019 6:00 AM

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Book Reviews

The Corruptions of Power

Will former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power ever learn?

Matt Welch | 9.13.2019 6:00 AM

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Immigration

Yes, Trump's Immigration Policy Is Just Like the Holocaust, Except for the Genocide

Nazi analogies do not strengthen the case against forcibly separating illegal border crossers from their children.

Jacob Sullum | 6.19.2018 4:30 PM

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Hate Speech

Poland's Holocaust Bill Is a Hate Speech Ban

The bill's backers say talking about Polish complicity in Nazi genocide is a form of group defamation.

Jacob Sullum | 1.31.2018 12:01 AM

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Politics

Obama Again Breaks Promise to Call Armenian Genocide a 'Genocide'; Hillary Right Behind Him

With their favorite candidates terrible on the issue, genocide-recognition activists are no longer using it as litmus test

Matt Welch | 4.22.2016 10:44 AM

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Genocide

Joshua Oppenheimer's 'The Look of Silence' Confronts the Perpetrators of Genocide

An unforgettable documentary looks at the lasting scars of the Indonesian mass killings of 1965.

Todd Krainin | 8.1.2015 7:30 AM

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Politics

Obama Breaks Promise to Call the Armenian Genocide a 'Genocide' for 7th Year in a Row

Official language remains hostage to U.S.-Turkey relations

Matt Welch | 4.21.2015 5:40 PM

Iraq

Should the US Intervene to Stop a Genocide in Iraq?

No easy answer

Ed Krayewski | 8.8.2014 8:00 AM

Policy

A Moment for the Late R.J. Rummel, Who Documented the Murderous Nature of Government

J.D. Tuccille | 5.12.2014 3:42 PM

Politics

Obama Breaks Armenian-Genocide Promise for 6th Year in a Row

Matt Welch | 4.24.2014 10:01 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Mystery Meat Wednesday, With Praise for Canada, BLM Commentary From Chuck Woolery, Income Inequality, Julie Borowski, Armenian Genocide, a Libertarian Quiz for John Bolton, and Two Minutes Hate!

Matt Welch | 4.23.2014 4:44 PM

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Policy

The Orphaned Rug

Matt Welch | 2.28.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

"Peace will not come from a court case in a distant land": Kenya vs. The International Criminal Court

Nick Gillespie | 12.5.2013 9:08 AM

Politics

Spanish Court To Hear Case Brought Forward By Tibetan Activists, Who Claim Jintao Committed Genocide

One of the monks is a Spanish citizen

Reason Staff | 10.11.2013 9:40 AM

Politics

Angela Merkel Visits Dachau

First such visit to the Nazi concentration camp by any German chancellor

Reason Staff | 8.21.2013 9:56 AM

Policy

Woman Who Lied About Her Role in Rwandan Genocide To Gain Asylum Given Jail Sentence

Will be deported to Rwanda to face genocide charges after serving 10 years in the U.S.

Reason Staff | 7.17.2013 8:04 AM

World

Srebrenica Anniversary Marked With Burial of 400 Newly Identified Victims

8,000 Muslim Bosniak men and boys were killed over five days in 1995

Reason Staff | 7.11.2013 1:32 PM

Politics

Germany To Pay Almost $1 Billion For Care of Holocaust Survivors

Will provide more than least 56,000 Holocaust survivors with nursing care, medication, and social services

Reason Staff | 5.30.2013 10:36 AM

World

Former Guatemalan Dictator's Genocide Conviction and Prison Sentence Overturned

Voided by the Constitutional Court

Reason Staff | 5.21.2013 7:56 AM

Policy

Former Guatemalan Military Ruler's Genocide Trial Begins

Efrain Rios Montt denies the charges

Reason Staff | 3.19.2013 3:00 PM

Politics

Everybody's an Anarchist Sometimes

Everybody.

Ed Krayewski | 3.14.2013 1:09 PM

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Politics

Communism Killed 94 Million People in 20th Century

Feels Need to Kill Again

John Walters | 3.13.2013 6:22 PM

Culture

Joan Rivers Criticized For Joke About Heidi Klum That Referenced the Holocaust

Said of Klum's Oscar gown, "The last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the ovens."

Reason Staff | 3.1.2013 7:32 AM

Politics

India's Selective Outrage: The Tale of Two Rapes

Indians need to hold politicos who sponsor sexual violence accountable

Shikha Dalmia | 1.22.2013 2:00 PM

Culture

Polish Investigators Looking into Use of Holocaust Ash Being Used in Art

Carl Michael Hausswolf claims he used ash from a death camp crematorium in one of this paintings

Reason Staff | 1.8.2013 11:40 AM

World

Bosnian Serb General Convicted of Genocide

Sentenced to life in prison over mass killing of thousands of prisoners in 1995

Reason Staff | 12.12.2012 8:45 PM

Politics

"I escaped a North Korean prison camp" - Shin Dong-hyuk's Survivor Story

Todd Krainin | 12.2.2012 4:45 PM

Policy

Ethnic Cleansing of Muslims Continues in Myanmar

Buddhists want Muslims in camps and deported

Reason Staff | 11.30.2012 10:28 AM

Politics

"Polish Death Camps" and "American 9/11 Attacks"

Ed Krayewski | 5.31.2012 7:54 PM

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