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Facts About How to Stop School Shootings and Gun Violence in the U.S.
School shootings and violence have been growing over the past two decades. Teachers, students, and parents face the grim reality of not knowing what...
What Lies Behind: The Untold Sufferings of Gun Violence in the United States
The USA is witnessing a surge in gun violence as the gun purchase rate has reached its highest level in 2020 and 2021, with...
Interesting facts about Americans owning guns: is gun control the answer?
America has the highest gun possession rate of all the countries, with over 270 million people owning at least one of these firearms. Of...
Colombia: New government urged to combat rising violence in rural areas
The incoming administration in Colombia must prioritize tackling rising violence perpetrated by non-State armed groups and criminal organizations in rural areas, the UN human...
South Africa ‘on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence’
A group of independent UN human rights experts have condemned reports of escalating violence targeting foreign nationals in South Africa, and called for accountability...
The ideological and non-ideological underpinnings of violent extremism: An American study
Although there is no universal definition of violent extremism, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation believes it to be “the beliefs and actions of...
The Apparatus of the State and the Monopolization of Violence in Society: A Study on The Alternative of the Anarchical State
In political philosophy and sociology, the concepts of the structure of a state and the legitimate monopolization of violence, have always been the center...
How Memes Can Spread Dangerous Ideas
Internet memes are an excellent way to send powerful messages to millions of people. But what happens when they are used for malicious purposes?
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Video games: The alt-right’s radicalisation toolkit in the West
Alt-right’s radicalisation of youth and adults has moved beyond online chat forums and grassroots demonstrations to video games’ virtual reality, particularly in the western...
On a mission to cut Papua New Guinea’s high levels of sexual violence
Nearly 60 per cent of women and girls aged 15-49 in Papua New Guinea have experienced some form of physical sexual violence, almost twice...