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My writing on the events of September 11th is on two registers the public event of spectacular destruction in New […]
Ever since September 11, there has been a growing media interest in Islam. What is the link, many seem to […]
So politicized, so fraught, and so painfully disappointing, the process of memorialization of the events of 9/11, symbolically focused on Ground Zero in New York City, was in many ways entirely predictable from the first months after September 11. [...]
This essay lays out the work of Costs of War, a project of scholars creating public-facing knowledge toward the goal of challenging US militarism and confronting pillars of belief about war that are shaped by the powerful military-industrial complex.
In this article, the authors analyze the employment consequences of Islamist attacks for men perceived to be of Middle Eastern origin, including the evocation of negative stereotypes and symbolic threat perceptions.
A study investigated the impact of disasters on prosociality, its moderation by social cohesion, and stress appraisal, finding evidence that helping with recovery or emergency response after the 9/11 attacks led to more prosocial behavior after Hurricane Sandy.
