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Lost on Route 66: The Disappearance of Diana Hayes 6:47

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Was she the victim of foul play, an accident, or did she choose to disappear? In this episode of The Vanished, we retrace Diana’s last known movements, strange witness accounts, and the lingering mystery that has never been solved or.. was never meant to be solved.

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Investigating matters of human rights at home and abroad. Listen to the podcast by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, hosted by Executive Director Maggie Gates and a team of Harvard faculty members acting as co-hosts, including Mathias Risse, Aminta Ossom, Rob Wilkinson, Kathryn Sikkink, and Yanilda Gonzalez.

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A Life in Human Rights 35:30

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On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Douglas Johnson, former director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy from 2013-2017 and Lecturer on Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. On the occasion of his retirement from the university he reflects on his work over a long career in human rights including: his multiple decades of work at the Minnesota-based Center for the Victims of Torture, his role in organizing the historic 1970’s grassroots boycott of Nestle with the Infant Formula Action Coalition, the impact of the boycott on informing the due diligence principles of business and human rights, and finally with his retirement from Harvard, Douglass shares some of his key insights that he sought to convey in his decades of teaching.…

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Standing Up for LGBTQI+ Rights in Uganda 41:25

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On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Kasha Nabagesera, Ugandan LGBTQ+ rights activist and Executive Director of Freedom & Roam Uganda (FARUG), about her decades of work. In today’s conversation, Mathias and Kasha discuss: Kasha’s origins as an activist standing up for LGBTQI+ rights, why Uganda is so hostile towards LGBTQI+ people, Bombastic magazine and Kasha’s other work in fighting for rights through digital and print media, Freedom & Roam Uganda’s current initiatives, the current legal situation for LGBTQI+ people in Uganda after the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act, threats to her life and other gender rights activists in Uganda, and her international work.…

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The Untold History of Slavery and Resistance in California 39:27

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On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Jean Pfaelzer, award-winning historian and Professor Emerita of English, Asian Studies, and Women and Gender Studies at the University of Delaware, about her 2023 book, California, A Slave State , which investigates California’s histories of enslavement. Together, they discuss: why California merits the designation as a slave state; the history of the 18th century Spanish missions and their brutal treatment of Indigenous people; the “slave rectangle” of Alaska, California, China, and Russia; the “California Genocide” of Indigenous peoples during the gold rush; the historical treatment of Chinese women in California; and why California currently has the largest number of human trafficking cases of any state in the United States.…

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Radio as a Tool for Change in Syria 30:21

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On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates talks with Lina Chawaf, CEO of Radio Rozana and fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Radio Rozana was created in 2013 in the aftermath of the Arab Spring to examine the conflict in Syria with a focus on women’s voices for an audience of over 8 million listeners. Chawaf has a long career in journalism leading television and radio production companies in Syria, receiving the Freedom Press Award in 2018 from Reporters Without Border, and founding Radio Rozana in exile following threats to her life for refusing to broadcast the pro-authoritarian messaging of Bashar Al Assad’s government. On today’s episode Chawaf discusses: her background in TV and radio in Syria, her experience refusing to propagate government propaganda during the Arab Spring, the state of press freedom globally, Radio Rozana’s focus on women’s voices, how citizen journalism comes into play in high-conflict areas with authoritarian control, her perspective on the future of media freedom in the U.S., and finally, her insights into the recent changes going on in Syria following Assad’s ouster.…

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Championing Democracy in Myanmar: Three Years After the Military Coup 40:44

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In this episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates speaks with Burmese human rights defender Wai Wai Nu and her colleague Hana Seita about their work in Myanmar. Wai Wai Nu spent seven years as a political prisoner in Myanmar and upon her release founded the Women’s Peace Network (WPN) and the Yangon Youth Center. Through WPN she advocates for justice, works to build peace and mutual understanding between Myanmar’s ethnic communities—including her own Rohingya community—and empowers marginalized women throughout Burma. Wai Wai has received many accolades over the last decade and has been named a Next Generation Leader by TIME , a World Economic Forum Young Global leader, and one of 100 top Women by BBC . Hana Seita is the research and advocacy coordinator at WPN and manages WPN’s human rights documentation, research, and international advocacy. Together they speak with Maggie about the work of WPN in Burma and abroad, their advocacy work in the U.S. Congress, the work of the Yangon Youth Center and their holistic vision of changing society, the Rohingya genocide, the current day-to-day life in Myanmar under the military rule, what future they see for Myanmar, and how those from abroad can take direct action to support their cause. You can learn more about WPN at: https://www.womenspeacenetwork.org/…

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Mobilizing Black Germany 32:44

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In this episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Tiffany Florvil, associate professor of history at the University of New Mexico and fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. She is a 20th century cultural historian of Germany whose work focuses on Black Germans and their creation of new intellectual, cultural, and political practices. She is the author of Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement , which is at the center of this episode's conversation. Together, Mathias and Tiffany discuss: how she became interested in the African diaspora in Germany as an American scholar, Germany’s colonial history, the demographics of the current Black German community, the history of organizing in Black German communities, the role of Black women in these organizations, the influences of Audre Lorde and Angela Davis, the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement in Germany, and Tiffany’s work on Black German author May Ayim.…

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Fighting the Stigmas Against Intersex Peoples 45:57

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On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Diego Garcia Blum speaks with Kimberly Zieselman, an intersex woman, lawyer, and human rights advocate with over 25 years of experience in nonprofit leadership. Currently, she serves as a Senior Advisor to the Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons at the U.S. State Department and is also a senior advisor for Global Intersex Rights for Outright international, an organization dedicated to working with partners around the globe to strengthen the capacity of the LGBTQI+ human rights movement. In this conversation, Zieselman discusses what is distinct about intersex, her own journey to discover late in life that she is intersex, the history of medical treatments used against intersex people, bringing a human rights lens to intersex issues, and fighting the shame, stigma, and misunderstandings around intersex people.…

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Finding Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 27:11

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On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Amani Matabaro Tom, educator and community organizer from Eastern Congo who is currently a Scholar at Risk at the Carr Center. Amani is a co-founder of Action for the Welfare of Women and Children in Congo (ABFEC), which possesses several core initiatives: entrepreneurship training, community farming, HIV/AIDs education, and the Congo Peace School. Every teacher and student at the Peace School are trained in nonviolence in the tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and learn the philosophies, strategies, and practices of nonviolence. In today’s conversation, Amani discusses: the current state of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the history of colonialism and the exploitation of natural resources in the region, how he encountered the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., his opinion on the role of the UN’s peacekeeping mission in the DRC, the role of foreign companies and their impact on the region, and the work ABFEC is doing on the ground to build peace.…

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Building Just Technologies of the Future 37:57

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On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates speaks with Albert Fox Cahn, founder and executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP). STOP litigates and advocates for privacy to ensure that technological advancements don't come at the expense of age-old rights. As a lawyer, technologist, and activist, Albert has become a leading voice on how to govern and build the technologies of the future. He is a frequent commentator with more than 100 articles in publications, including the New York Times , the Boston Glob e, the Guardian , Wired , Slate , and Newsweek, and he serves on the New York Immigration Coalitions Immigrant Leaders Council. In today’s conversation, Albert discusses: walking the tactical line between radical change and instrumental victories, police surveillance technology, the risk of children’s privacy technology, anti-abortion digital surveillance, how STOP has taken on the NYPD’s surveillance system, and the ways in which Artificial Intelligence are already undermining civil rights. Albert Fox Cahn's Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVclObff6fc…

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(Re)Building Nations with Indigenous Governance 30:09

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On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Megan Minoka Hill, the Senior Director of the Project on Indigenous Governance and Development and the Director of the Honoring Nations program at the Harvard Kennedy School. The Project on Indigenous Governance and Development works with Indigenous people to provide them with the tools they need to build or rebuild their nations and govern themselves effectively. Together, Mathias and Megan discuss: the Project on Indigenous Governance and Development, the background and major trends around Indigenous governance, the Honoring Nations program, and Hill’s membership in the Oneida nation and the structure of the tribe's governance.…

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Rainbow Railroad: Relocating LGBTQI+ Refugees to Safety 43:04

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On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Diego Garcia Blum speaks with Kimahli Powell, former executive director of Rainbow Railroad, a Toronto-based organization that relocates LGBTQI+ refugees from nations where they are at risk. Powell is a senior leader in the INGO field with expertise in community-building and strategic advocacy with a focus on international development, law and policy, HIV/AIDS, and internally displaced persons. In this episode’s conversation, they discuss: how Rainbow Railroad’s work has evolved over time, lessons learned working with LGBTQI+ refugees about the challenges they face, his experience forming partnerships with both the U.S. and Canadian governments, the gaps that exist in how we address the needs of LGBTQI+ refugees in policy and public awareness, and where he sees opportunities for innovation in the field.…

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What’s at Stake in the U.S. Presidential Election 31:40

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On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Matthias Risse talks with Archon Fung, Harvard Kennedy School’s Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Democracy, about the state of democracy around the world and the upcoming U . S. presidential election. Fung is the director of the Ash Center for Innovation and Democratic Governance, and his research and teaching have long aimed to understand what kinds of participation, deliberation, or transparency can make governance fairer and more effective. Together they discuss democratic backsliding around the world, the stakes for the upcoming U.S. presidential election, the assassination attempts on Donald Trump, the possible use of generative AI in political campaigning, concerns leading up to and after the election, and if there are any predictions to be made about the election in November. This episode was recorded on September 24, 2024. Links mentioned in this episode: https://www.statista.com/chart/28353/democracies-and-autocracies-around-the-world/…

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Moral Universalism, Interventionism, and Human Rights as Politics 36:55

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"One of the great virtues of human rights is that it's very alert to the dark side of human nature. All the human rights covenants are a systematic inventory of all the horrible things that human beings can and have done to each other. I respect human rights for their moral realism, and I want human rights that are very realistic in their conception of human capacities and propensities." In this episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse talks with Michael Ignatieff, former president of the Central European University and founding director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. He is an author, academic, and former politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011. Together, Risse and Ignatieff discuss the state of human rights in the world today, Hungary under the leadership of Victor Orbán, and revisited topics from Ignatieff's Tanner Lecture series—given at the turn of the 21st century—including the politics of human rights, moral universalism, and American exceptionalism.…

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A New Theory of Systemic Police Terrorism 51:27

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On this week's episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates speaks with Dr. Charity Clay, Assistant Professor of Sociology and UNCF Mellon Fellow at Harvard's Hutchins Center for African and African-American Research. As a sociologist of the African Diaspora, Clay's research interests are varied but center around the dispersal, preservation, maintenance, and adaptability of African culture throughout the diaspora. In this conversation, Gates and Clay discuss Clay’s upbringing in Minneapolis, the importance of Black spaces and place-making, commodified Blackness in New Orleans, her theory on systemic police terrorism, using drones for socioeconomic mapping of Black spaces, and how she sees her role as a multi-hyphenate scholar, musician, and athlete. Listen to Dr. Charity Clay's Hutchins Center Lecture on 'Systemic Police Terrorism: A Conceptual Framework', Part of the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Colloquium Series.…

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Dismantling the Global Anti-LGBTQI Movement 47:40

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On this week's episode of Justice Matters, co-host Diego Garcia Blum talks with Kristopher Velasco, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Princeton University about his research on the global anti-LGBTQI movement. Professor Velasco’s research centers on the intersections of global & transnational sociology, organizations, political sociology, culture, and sexuality. Globally, he investigates how transnational advocacy networks, NGOs, and international institutions facilitate the expansion of LGBTQI rights around the world by changing cultural understandings of gender and sexuality. This line of research, and the backlash these processes invite, is the subject of Kristopher's current book project. In this episode he discusses the global anti-LGBTQI movement, how it is organized and who are the primary players, what connection it has to global geopolitical trends, how the movement is financed, regional success and backlash to the movement, and what advice he has for LGBTQI activists.…

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