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    Bill McKibben on Climate Change

    Author Bill McKibben, the founder of 350.org, the first worldwide grassroots climate change organization, delivered the opening keynote address at a climate change conference at the Universi…

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    Panel on Writing About Disasters

    Authors talked about their books about reporting on disasters. They responded to questions from members of the audience. Barry Siegel moderated “Nonfiction: Narrating Disaster” was a panel, …

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    Contentious Ground: The Middle East

    A panel of authros talked about their books and the Middle East. They responded to questions from members of the audience. Zachary Karabell moderated. Zachary Karabell is the author of P…

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    Outsourcing Democracy

    Authors discussed U.S. efforts to encourage the formation of democracies abroad. The panelists examined what is meant by “democracy,” the problem of popularly elected tyrannies versus democr…

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    Contemporary Israel: Left, Right and Center

    As part of the center’s annual book fair, panelists discussed contemporary Israel from different viewpoints, including the state of modern Israel and how it relates to the country’s past. Pr…

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    Human Rights Abuses in Haiti

    Representatives of various human rights organizations traveled to Haiti early in December to study the human rights situation. Two of the organizations held a news conference announcing thei…

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    Conditions in Haiti

    The author of The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier discussed the hope of the Haitian people, despite being the poorest nation in the hemisphere.

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