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IJL fellow published by Pulitzer Center

IJL third-year fellow Daniel Posthumus recently published an essay for the Pulitzer Center: "Search for Facilitator Further Delays Iowa...

Vox: The impossible task of truth and reconciliation

Prof. Zvobgo was recently interviewed by Jen Kirby and quoted in "The impossible task of truth and reconciliation" in Vox on lessons from...

Panel: Getting at the Root: Perspectives on Global Justice, Truth Telling and Accountability

On Monday, January 31, Dr. Zvobgo participated in a panel discussion on global and local transitional justice, organized by the Ash...

NPR's Radio Times: Does the U.S. need a truth and reconciliation commission?

Listen to Dr. Zvobgo's recent interview on NPR's Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane. She talks about prospects for a national truth...

Transitional Justice and Lynching in Maryland

On May 19, Prof. Zvobgo participated in a roundtable discussion on restorative justice and transitional justice with representatives from...

Does America Need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

Prof. Zvobgo was recently interviewed by Christina Lu and quoted in "Does America Need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission?" in Foreign...

Prof. Zvobgo on PRX's The World

IJL director Kelebogile Zvobgo spoke on PRX's The World with podcast host Marco Werman on U.S. truth commissions. Listen here....

U.S. Foreign Policy Needs to Begin at Home: IJL's Zvobgo

Dr. Zvobgo recently gave a televised interview on human rights, race, and U.S. foreign policy under the Biden-Harris administration with...

The Atlantic: Don’t Move On Just Yet

Prof. Zvobgo was recently interviewed by Quinta Jurecic and quoted in "Don't Move on Just Yet" in The Atlantic on prospects for truth...

US Movement for Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation

On January 19, Prof. Zvobgo presented her research findings at a leadership meeting of the US Movement for Truth, Racial Healing, and...

Foreign Policy Begins At Home

Dr. Zvobgo penned an essay in the 50th anniversary special issue of Foreign Policy Magazine on how domestic transitional justice in a...

'This Is Not Who We Are' Is a Great American Myth

Lab Director, Kelebogile Zvobgo published an article in Foreign Policy on why the United States needs transitional justice, especially...

Not a Moment but a Movement: The Case for Transitional Justice in the U.S.

Lab Director, Kelebogile Zvobgo co-authored an article in Ms. Magazine on the necessity of transitional justice in the United States....

Some people want a U.S. truth commission. But truth commissions have limits.

Lab Director, Kelebogile Zvobgo co-authored an article in The Washington Post on truth commissions in the United States and what many...

Despite U.S. sanctions, the International Criminal Court will keep investigating alleged war crimes

IJL Director, Kelebogile Zvobgo, and IJL Faculty Affiliate, Stephen Chaudoin, wrote an article in The Washington Post on recent U.S....

Some lawmakers are calling for truth commissions on racial violence. How do these work?

Lab Director, Kelebogile Zvobgo co-authored an article in The Washington Post on the possibility of truth commissions to address...