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- May 21st 2013CPPF program director Bill O'Neill analyzes legal decisions related to the pending appellate decision in the case against Haiti's former president Jean-Claude Duvalier for Haitian daily Le Nouvelliste [in French] →
- May 13th 2013"The Ivory Tower in Cyberspace: Is Internet Publishing Publishing?": NDSP grantee Norris Chumley (2012) discusses SSRC Forums The Immanent Frame, Reverberations, and Frequencies as "creditable sources of scholarly research" in an article for the Huffington Post →
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Featured Essays
- May 16th 2013New essay at Kujenga Amani suggests historical connections between contemporary conflicts: "Congolese Crisis and Demographic Problems in the African Great Lakes," by Guy Aundu Matsanza →
- April 10th 2013New Directions in the Study of Prayer grantee Tanya Luhrmann (2012) opens her series of guest op-eds for the New York Times with "How Skeptics and Believers Can Connect" →
Features and Press Releases Related to Media & Communications
- Media Piracy in Emerging Economies
Sunday, March 20, 2011 - New SSRC/FCC Study: Lack of Broadband Access a Barrier to Socio-Economic Opportunity
Thursday, March 04, 2010 - Broadband Adoption in Low-Income Communities
Thursday, March 04, 2010 - SSRC Announces Grants Totaling $210,000 for Seven Media and Communications Projects
Thursday, June 19, 2008 - SSRC Announces Grants Totaling $180,000 for Six Media and Communications Projects
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - SSRC Receives $1.5 Million Ford Grant to Continue Innovative Work on Media Reform
Friday, June 22, 2007
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