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Mai Rosner

The Absence of Reason: Gun Legislation in America

Mai Rosner Jan 11, 2016

A frightening trend in current American politics is the lack of conversation. Discourse appears to be dominated by the extreme, creating a polarized situation in which the willingness to listen and discuss is absent. In this context,…
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Slavery in the 21st Century: A Call to Action

Mai Rosner Oct 31, 2015

Having gone to Nepal this summer to research human trafficking of young women and girls, I found that like any other social issue, the country’s blight of slavery is a metaphorical onion with many contributing layers sustaining its…
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Children of the Arab Spring

Mai Rosner Apr 9, 2015

Last week the image of a four year- old Syrian girl, holding her hands up in surrender to a reporter’s camera, which she mistook for a weapon, went viral. The fear in the child’s eyes is a haunting reminder of the ongoing conflict in…
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India’s Daughters

Mai Rosner Mar 15, 2015

With the recent release of Leslee Udwin’s documentary India’s Daughter, which investigates the 2012 brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old girl in New Delhi, India’s rape crisis has resurfaced as a critical point of public discussion. The film,…
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2015: Redefining our Understanding of Free Speech

Mai Rosner Mar 11, 2015

With the recent Charlie Hebdo attacks, freedom of speech has become a crucial talking point in the international community. 2014 was not a promising year for this particular liberty, with Freedom House ranking free speech at its lowest…
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