How Refugee Resettlement Policy Is Changing
By Sarah Akers, JMU '20 Justice Studies, Woodson Martin Democracy Program Fellow Introduction The refugee resettlement program in the United States has been officially regulated for just over 40 years. However, there have been many recent changes in the...
Continuity & Change: Immigration Policy Under Biden
By Sarah Akers, Woodson Martin Democracy Program Fellow, JMU '20, Justice Studies Introduction The Trump administration was heavily criticized by immigration advocates for his policies on the subject, as well as his rhetoric. A president who was outspoken about his...
Climate Change: Science, Politics, and Action
By Sarah Akers, JMU '20 Justice Studies, with Isabella Lindblad, Biology '24 and Alexandra Berens, Sociology '22 Introduction Climate change has been called the “defining crisis of our time.” Previously, climate change has been discussed in the context of the distant...
Afghanistan: Past, Present and Future Series, Pt. 3
Future By Nadiya Khaydari, JMU '22 Political Science and Economics, Woodson Martin Democracy Fellow, and Sarah Akers, JMU '20 Justice Studies and Woodson Martin Democracy Program Fellow Introduction On August 6th, 2021, the Taliban took control of their first...
Afghanistan: Past, Present and Future Series, Pt 2
Present By Wyatt Blevins, JMU '22, Public Policy and Administration and Political Science, and Sarah Akers, JMU '20 Justice Studies, Woodson Martin Democracy Program Fellow Overview of the Current Conflict The Taliban never fully relinquished their control; in fact...
Afghanistan: Past, Present and Future Series, Pt 1
Past By Nadiya Khaydari, JMU '22 Political Science and Economics, Woodson Martin Democracy Fellow History of the Conflict The war in Afghanistan, which is also once known as War on Terror, has come to an end in the eyes of some after long and painful 20 years. That is...