Drought and conflict leave millions more hungry in 2017 – UN-backed report

Source: UN News

Leaders of the United Nations point to a recent study that shows how hunger and conflict are linked and say that incresing food security can help bring peace.

Poland’s president says he will sign controversial Holocaust bill

Source: CNN

Poland may implement a law that will make it illegal to accuse the country of involvement with the Holocaust. Click to learn more about the law and the controversy surrounding it.

Baltimore rededicates ex-Confederate site to Harriet Tubman

Source: CBS News

In another chapter of America’s reckoning with the history of slavery, Baltimore has removed Confederate statues from one of its parks and renamed it after abolionist Harriet Tubman.

The Rohingya Crisis

Source: Council on Foreign Relations

Get an overview of the injustices faced by the group of people considered by many to be the world’s most persecuted minority.

Quiz: What’s Your Freedom Type?

Source: Newseum

Answer questions based on realistic scenarios to find out where you rank in the balance between freedom and security. Then, see which historical figures fit and clash with your “freedom type.”

Top 5 Worst Dictators

Source: The Borgen Project

See a round-up of some of the most Macbeth-like rulers of the 21st century.

My students call me the ‘peace teacher.’ My job has never felt more important.

Source: The Washington Post

Linda Ryden, an elementary school teacher in Washington D.C., explains how teaching mindfulness has led to fewer fights and less bullying.

A Harvard study identified the precise reason protests are an effective way to cause political change

Source: Quartz

A study on the Tea Party’s 2009 “Tax Day” protest showed researchers that protests are effective, but not in the way one might think.

Human Flow

Source: Amazon Studios

All over the world, people displaced by war, famine, and other hardships must travel to unknown places to start new lives. This trailer for a documentary film by artist Ai Weiwei touches on the challenges they face along the journey.

A Holocaust Survivor’s Digital Doppelgänger

Source: The New Yorker

The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York now features a virtual version of Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank and survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp.