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Explore the latest news articles and op-eds featuring CHRHS' affiliated faculty and researchers, showcasing their impactful research and contributions.

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Brown Daily Herald

Gardiner ’28, Lair ’28: Spring break cancellations reveal the U.S.’s shallow understanding of Mexico

March 20, 2026
Student writers Gardiner '28 and Lair '28 draw on insights from CHRHS symposium to shed light on perceptions of violence in Mexico.
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Brown Daily Herald

Inaugural Human Rights Lecture and Symposium examines Mexico’s crisis of disappearances

March 12, 2026
More than 130,000 people are officially registered as missing or unlocated in Mexico.
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The Guardian

‘Iron river’: Mexico’s cartel violence fuelled by trafficked firearms from US

February 28, 2026
Lax American gun laws mean weapons are readily available to buy and smuggle south of the border. (Featuring comments from Ieva Jusionyte)
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The Intercept

Trump demanded El Mencho's head. Mexicans are paying the price.

February 23, 2026
Ieva Jusionyte offered commentary in this article about the killing of cartel boss "El Mencho" and how violence in Mexico is fueled by U.S. guns and money.
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Brown Daily Herald

Students aim to address global gun violence at annual Hack for Humanity event

November 10, 2025
The winning team, “Luna,” was awarded a $3,000 seed grant for their project.
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Brown Daily Herald

Brown anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte awarded MacArthur grant

October 14, 2025
She will use the $800,000 grant to conduct research on extraditions of organized crime leaders.
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WBUR

MacArthur 'genius' grant awarded to cultural anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte

October 13, 2025
Brown University professor and cultural anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte is one of this year's MacArthur fellowship winners for her work exploring political and moral ambiguities of border regions.
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Brown Daily Herald

Meet the new directors leading the Watson School of International and Public Affairs in its first year

September 8, 2025
As the school enters its inaugural year, the centers’ directors are developing new initiatives.
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The Atlantic

The Diseases Are Coming

March 10, 2025
Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn government tear will have lasting effects on global health.

By Craig Spencer
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Guns Unpacked Podcast

Dr. Ieva Jusionyte on Beyond Borders: Gun Culture & Gun Violence

March 1, 2025
In an interview with the Guns Unpacked podcast, Ieva Jusionyte discusses the cultural and historical context of guns in Mexico, the connections between gun politics and immigration, and how the availability of U.S. guns shapes migration.
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PBS News Hour

Doctor who survived Ebola highlights risks of Musk’s funding cuts

February 27, 2025
In a Cabinet meeting, Elon Musk defended the actions his team has made to cut government jobs, but public health experts say Musk is wrong. USAID's Ebola prevention efforts have been largely frozen since the agency was mostly shuttered last month. Laura Barrón-López discussed more with Dr. Craig Spencer, who survived Ebola after treating patients in Guinea with Doctors Without Borders in 2014.
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NPR

Musk says work to stop Ebola was accidentally cut but restored. Experts raise doubts

February 27, 2025
Is Musk accurate in his description of "accidentally" canceling and then restoring America's "Ebola prevention" efforts? "I disagree fully, completely, wholly, that they recognized the mistake and put it back," says Dr. Craig Spencer
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