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Politics
Dictators united
Published Fall 2024
In 'Autocracy, Inc.', Pulitzer Prize–winning author Anne Applebaum writes that dictators do not need to have the same backgrounds to accomplish the shared goal of undermining liberal democracy / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Joseph Sakran
His lane
Published Fall 2024
Trauma surgeon and gun violence survivor Joseph Sakran wants the nation's needless tragedies to end / Johns Hopkins Magazine
a collage that creates the american flag. the stripes consist of pieces of writing from the American Prison Writing Archive
Writing within prison walls
Published Fall 2024
Johns Hopkins houses the country's largest digital collection of writings by incarcerated people / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A large group of demonstrators gather in Venezuela
Q+A
Venezuela election fallout will worsen refugee crisis, Hopkins expert says
Published Sept 5, 2024
David Smolansky, dissident in residence at the SNF Agora Institute, discusses his home country's consequential election and the impact of Nicolas Maduro's oppressive rule
Kathryn Prather, age 18, stands in a 3D sign that reads
Election 2024
'Young people should be involved'
Published Sept 3, 2024
First-year engineering student Kathryn Prather, 18, was one of the youngest delegates at this year's Democratic National Convention in Chicago
CTY students walk across the Homewood campus
K-12 Education
Deep dives into favorite topics this summer at CTY
Published Sept 3, 2024
The Center for Talented Youth held summer programs on 10 campuses across the U.S., hosting more than 4,500 academically advanced students
Surreal image of office cubicles with a person working late
Work-life balance
Johns Hopkins research finds national decline in workplace well-being
Published Aug 29, 2024
Companies that backed off on supportive climates after pandemic saw dips in worker experience
Peter Pomerantsev and Anne Applebaum
Politics+Policy
Hopkins experts anchor new podcast on autocracy in the U.S.
Published Aug 19, 2024
Series features Anne Applebaum and Peter Pomerantsev, both senior fellows at the university's SNF Agora Institute
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University news
JHU articulates restrained approach to issuing public statements
Published Aug 15, 2024
University leaders clarify standard for official statements, limited to issues that pertain directly to the 'interest or function' of the institution
Ukrainian protester
Books
Dictators united: How authoritarian states work together to thwart democracy
Published Aug 12, 2024
In 'Autocracy, Inc.', Pulitzer Prize–winning author Anne Applebaum writes that dictators do not need to have the same backgrounds to accomplish the shared goal of undermining liberal democracy