Karel J. Leyva
@kareljleyva.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief (https://politicsrights.com/ ; @polrightsrev.bsky.social). Dedicated to connecting the social sciences and humanities with broader audiences, promoting critical dialogue, and addressing today’s most pressing challenges.
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Karel J. Leyva
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Prof. Jennifer Selby’s ethnographic research, presented in her book Secular Sensibilities, offers a deeply thoughtful contribution to debates on secularism and state power. The article introducing this must-read work is available in English, French, and Spanish. @jselby.bsky.social #secularism
Professor Jennifer A. Selby presents Secular Sensibilities, a critical ethnography of how secular regimes in France and Québec shape bodies, emotions, and belonging through the surveillance of racialized couples. politicsrights.com/secular-sens... @jselby.bsky.social #Secularism #Ethnography.
Secular Sensibilities amidst French and Québécois Politics
Political leaders have stressed the importance of buttressing “secularism,” framed as a separation of undesirable religion from a public sphere.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Prof. Jennifer Selby’s ethnographic research, presented in her book Secular Sensibilities, offers a deeply thoughtful contribution to debates on secularism and state power. The article introducing this must-read work is available in English, French, and Spanish. @jselby.bsky.social #secularism
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Artificial intelligence is reshaping economies, law, and human attention. Yet our moral frameworks struggle to keep pace. Politics and Rights Review presents five essential books that confront this ethical deficit and rethink ethics for the algorithmic age. politicsrights.com/5-books-arti...
5 Must-Read Books on Artificial Intelligence and Ethics
What once seemed like neutral innovation has become a transformative force in finance, culture, and law. Yet the moral frameworks...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Artificial intelligence is reshaping economies, law, and human attention. Yet our moral frameworks struggle to keep pace. Politics and Rights Review presents five essential books that confront this ethical deficit and rethink ethics for the algorithmic age. politicsrights.com/5-books-arti...
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Excited to share a piece in Politics and Rights Review based on my book -Fetal Positions. This article looks at how democracy, gender equality, and media freedom shape global abortion attitudes.
I’ll be discussing the findings tomorrow (Friday) at 9 AM EST: www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSNewsShow....
I’ll be discussing the findings tomorrow (Friday) at 9 AM EST: www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSNewsShow....
June 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Excited to share a piece in Politics and Rights Review based on my book -Fetal Positions. This article looks at how democracy, gender equality, and media freedom shape global abortion attitudes.
I’ll be discussing the findings tomorrow (Friday) at 9 AM EST: www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSNewsShow....
I’ll be discussing the findings tomorrow (Friday) at 9 AM EST: www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSNewsShow....
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Prof. Amy Adamczyk (CUNY) explores why abortion views differ across countries. Using global data, she shows how democracy, media freedom, and gender equality shape public opinion. A sharp, timely study. @amyadamczyk.bsky.social politicsrights.com/how-democrac... #reproductiverights
How Democracy, Media and Gender Equality Shape Abortion Views
Explores how democracy, media freedom, and gender equality shape abortion attitudes across countries through cultural, political, and social lenses.
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June 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Prof. Amy Adamczyk (CUNY) explores why abortion views differ across countries. Using global data, she shows how democracy, media freedom, and gender equality shape public opinion. A sharp, timely study. @amyadamczyk.bsky.social politicsrights.com/how-democrac... #reproductiverights
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Prof. Keisha N. Blain presents her book Without Fear, showing how Black women in the U.S. redefined human rights as a lived practice of resistance and solidarity. Available in open access in English, French, and Spanish. politicsrights.com/black-women-... #BlackFeminism #SocialJustice #Race
Black Women and the Making of Human Rights
Explore the role of Black women in shaping human rights, turning a distant ideal into a global practice rooted in resistance, solidarity, and justice.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Prof. Keisha N. Blain presents her book Without Fear, showing how Black women in the U.S. redefined human rights as a lived practice of resistance and solidarity. Available in open access in English, French, and Spanish. politicsrights.com/black-women-... #BlackFeminism #SocialJustice #Race
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Prof. Ernesto Castañeda analyzes the mass anti-deportation protests in L.A. sparked by ICE raids. His article shows how citizens and immigrants united in defense of democracy and human rights. @drernestocast.bsky.social @theimmigrationlab.bsky.social
Understanding the Anti-Deportation Protests in Los Angeles
Analysis of anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles, focusing on immigrant rights, public resistance, and threats to democratic values.
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June 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Prof. Ernesto Castañeda analyzes the mass anti-deportation protests in L.A. sparked by ICE raids. His article shows how citizens and immigrants united in defense of democracy and human rights. @drernestocast.bsky.social @theimmigrationlab.bsky.social
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Project 2025 is not about governance, but about redesigning the U.S. state through authoritarian logic. This briefing shows how civil rights and institutional neutrality are reframed as obstacles to be removed in favor of centralized, ideologically driven control.
Project 2025: Authoritarian Agenda Disguised as Reform
Project 2025 seeks to remake the U.S. state by centralizing executive power, purging civil institutions, and enforcing a singular ideological order.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Project 2025 is not about governance, but about redesigning the U.S. state through authoritarian logic. This briefing shows how civil rights and institutional neutrality are reframed as obstacles to be removed in favor of centralized, ideologically driven control.
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Prof. Jekaterina Nikitina shows how human rights are not only protected by law, but also shaped by the language, translation, and genres that make law possible. politicsrights.com/human-rights...
#humanrights #ECtHR #politicsandrightsreview
#humanrights #ECtHR #politicsandrightsreview
Human Rights Discourse: Language, Translation and Genre
Human rights discourse in supranational courts: how language, translation, and genre shape justice across ECtHR, IACtHR, and ACtHPR decisions.
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June 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Prof. Jekaterina Nikitina shows how human rights are not only protected by law, but also shaped by the language, translation, and genres that make law possible. politicsrights.com/human-rights...
#humanrights #ECtHR #politicsandrightsreview
#humanrights #ECtHR #politicsandrightsreview
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Prof. Marlene Laruelle argues that illiberalism—not populism—offers a sharper lens to grasp the reordering of today’s political imaginaries. #illiberalism #democracy #politicaltheory #politicsandrightsreview
Why Illiberalism Explains Changes in Today’s Social Order
Scholarship on populism has dominated the last two decades but is now retreating in the face of a new concept : that of illiberalism.
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June 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Prof. Marlene Laruelle argues that illiberalism—not populism—offers a sharper lens to grasp the reordering of today’s political imaginaries. #illiberalism #democracy #politicaltheory #politicsandrightsreview
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Prof. Melissa B. Jacoby argues that the U.S. bankruptcy system doesn’t just reflect inequality—it reinforces it. In Unjust Debts, she shows how bankruptcy law privileges corporations over people. politicsrights.com/making-ameri...
#bankruptcy @mbjacoby.bsky.social #politicsandrightsreview
#bankruptcy @mbjacoby.bsky.social #politicsandrightsreview
Making Americans Bankrupt Again?
How U.S. bankruptcy law deepens inequality—Melissa Jacoby’s Unjust Debts exposes a system that punishes the vulnerable and protects the powerful.
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June 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Prof. Melissa B. Jacoby argues that the U.S. bankruptcy system doesn’t just reflect inequality—it reinforces it. In Unjust Debts, she shows how bankruptcy law privileges corporations over people. politicsrights.com/making-ameri...
#bankruptcy @mbjacoby.bsky.social #politicsandrightsreview
#bankruptcy @mbjacoby.bsky.social #politicsandrightsreview
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Is violence shaped more by place—or by perception? Prof. Çaylı Messina explores how geography sets the stage, but perception directs the scene—deciding whose pain counts, and whose doesn’t. An essential reading on the politics of violence. @bariscaylimessina.com
Is Violence Shaped More by Place—or by Perception?
What shapes violence more—place or perception? This essay explores how power, media, and narrative influence what we ignore as violence.
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April 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Is violence shaped more by place—or by perception? Prof. Çaylı Messina explores how geography sets the stage, but perception directs the scene—deciding whose pain counts, and whose doesn’t. An essential reading on the politics of violence. @bariscaylimessina.com
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In this article, based on his recent book, Prof. Michael Lynch explores how the distortion of truth fuels authoritarian tendencies in the U.S. A key contribution to understanding the link between democracy and knowledge. @michael-p-lynch.bsky.social
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Truth and Authoritarianism in America
An analysis of how attacks on truth and evidence-based institutions threaten democratic life amid rising authoritarianism in the United States.
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April 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In this article, based on his recent book, Prof. Michael Lynch explores how the distortion of truth fuels authoritarian tendencies in the U.S. A key contribution to understanding the link between democracy and knowledge. @michael-p-lynch.bsky.social
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In her latest article, Prof. Alette Smeulers draws on her book Perpetrators of Mass Atrocities to explore who commits mass violence—and why. A sharp analysis of how ordinary people become involved in extraordinary crimes. politicsrights.com/who-are-war-... #PoliticsAndRightsReview #CriminalLaw
Who Are the War Criminals, Genocidaires, and Terrorists?
Discover how ordinary people become war criminals. Alette Smeulers reveals 14 perpetrator types and the psychology behind mass atrocities.
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April 24, 2025 at 5:30 AM
In her latest article, Prof. Alette Smeulers draws on her book Perpetrators of Mass Atrocities to explore who commits mass violence—and why. A sharp analysis of how ordinary people become involved in extraordinary crimes. politicsrights.com/who-are-war-... #PoliticsAndRightsReview #CriminalLaw
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Prof.Gerald Roche ( @geraldroche.bsky.social ) shows that language loss in Tibet is not accidental but a result of state policy rooted in sovereignty. His research reveals how state power dismantles cultural and linguistic diversity in the name of national unity.
How State Sovereignty Fuels Language Loss: Lessons from Tibet
State sovereignty drives global language loss and fuels attacks on diversity, as shown through fieldwork in Tibet.
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May 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Prof.Gerald Roche ( @geraldroche.bsky.social ) shows that language loss in Tibet is not accidental but a result of state policy rooted in sovereignty. His research reveals how state power dismantles cultural and linguistic diversity in the name of national unity.
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Why do governments struggle with long-term thinking? Behavioural economist Nicholas Chesterley examines how media pressure and cognitive overload drive short-termism in politics. A sharp analysis of policy, psychology, and leadership. politicsrights.com/why-are-gove... #PoliticsAndRightsReview
Why Are Governments Short-Sighted?
Modern leaders face crises and distractions that undermine long-term thinking, creating a short-termism trap that weakens democratic governance.
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May 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Why do governments struggle with long-term thinking? Behavioural economist Nicholas Chesterley examines how media pressure and cognitive overload drive short-termism in politics. A sharp analysis of policy, psychology, and leadership. politicsrights.com/why-are-gove... #PoliticsAndRightsReview
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Prof. Aidan McGarry argues that true democracy requires more than voting. His work highlights how marginalized groups use protest to reclaim their voice and challenge exclusion. politicsrights.com/voice-protes... #democracy #protest #socialmovements #PoliticsAndRightsReview
Voice and Protest in Times of Democratic Decline
Protest, political voice, and marginalized groups are key to resisting democratic erosion amid rising authoritarianism and a crisis of representation.
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May 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Prof. Aidan McGarry argues that true democracy requires more than voting. His work highlights how marginalized groups use protest to reclaim their voice and challenge exclusion. politicsrights.com/voice-protes... #democracy #protest #socialmovements #PoliticsAndRightsReview
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Prof. Emilija Tudzarovska ( @tudzarovska.bsky.social ) examines how neoliberalism reshaped European democracy after 1989, transforming institutions and political power. A must-read for understanding democracy today. Available in English, French, and Spanish.
How Neoliberalism Reshaped Democracy After 1989
How neoliberalism redefined democracy in Europe after 1989, weakening representation and fueling technocracy, populism, and citizen discontent.
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May 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Prof. Emilija Tudzarovska ( @tudzarovska.bsky.social ) examines how neoliberalism reshaped European democracy after 1989, transforming institutions and political power. A must-read for understanding democracy today. Available in English, French, and Spanish.
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John Suarez ( @johnjsuarez.bsky.social ) examines how Cuba’s kleptocracy funnels power to a ruling elite, controlling the economy without oversight. This system relies on crime, fraud, and money laundering, while ordinary Cubans face deepening poverty. An eye-opening piece.
Cuba’s Kleptocracy: How It Operates and Why It Matters
Explore how Cuba's kleptocracy operates, its impact, and why it matters for global corruption and regional stability.
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May 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
John Suarez ( @johnjsuarez.bsky.social ) examines how Cuba’s kleptocracy funnels power to a ruling elite, controlling the economy without oversight. This system relies on crime, fraud, and money laundering, while ordinary Cubans face deepening poverty. An eye-opening piece.
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Prof. Timothy Weaver ( @timweaver.bsky.social ) analyzes NYC’s political evolution, showing it’s shaped by the interplay of Neoliberalism, Conservatism & Egalitarianism—not a single liberal tradition. Essential reading on inequality, resistance & urban power.
The Multiple Political Orders in New York City
New York’s political order has long combined neoliberal, conservative, and egalitarian forces, defying the idea that it is simply a liberal stronghold.
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May 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Prof. Timothy Weaver ( @timweaver.bsky.social ) analyzes NYC’s political evolution, showing it’s shaped by the interplay of Neoliberalism, Conservatism & Egalitarianism—not a single liberal tradition. Essential reading on inequality, resistance & urban power.
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Prof. Michael Albertus shows how land access continues to shape power, inequality, and political paths. His book Land Power is a must-read on today’s struggles over land, housing, and rights. The article is available in EN, FR & ES politicsrights.com/land-remains...
@mikealbertus.bsky.social
@mikealbertus.bsky.social
Land Remains the World’s Engine of Social Change
Land power shapes societal fate. Albertus shows how who owns land still drives inequality, politics, and global change in the 21st century.
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May 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Prof. Michael Albertus shows how land access continues to shape power, inequality, and political paths. His book Land Power is a must-read on today’s struggles over land, housing, and rights. The article is available in EN, FR & ES politicsrights.com/land-remains...
@mikealbertus.bsky.social
@mikealbertus.bsky.social
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Why do people cling to false beliefs despite evidence? Prof. Joe Pierre explores how mistrust, bias, and political narratives distort reality—and threaten democracy. A sharp analysis of belief, psychiatry, and public discourse. @psychunseen.bsky.social
Suicide by False Belief - Politics and Rights Review
As a psychiatrist, I’ve spent my career working with patients who have delusions—that is, false beliefs held with unassailable conviction like believing that one is the Second Coming of Christ or…
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May 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Why do people cling to false beliefs despite evidence? Prof. Joe Pierre explores how mistrust, bias, and political narratives distort reality—and threaten democracy. A sharp analysis of belief, psychiatry, and public discourse. @psychunseen.bsky.social
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Prof. Brittany Friedman argues that carceral obedience is not natural but imposed. Her work traces how state violence shapes identity and suppresses authenticity. Abolition begins by rejecting obedience and reclaiming collective freedom. @curlyprofessor.bsky.social
We Were Never Meant to Obey: Weaving Abolitionist Constellations
Abolition is not obedience undone, but freedom reclaimed. This essay weaves abolitionist constellations as maps toward justice and inner truth.
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May 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Prof. Brittany Friedman argues that carceral obedience is not natural but imposed. Her work traces how state violence shapes identity and suppresses authenticity. Abolition begins by rejecting obedience and reclaiming collective freedom. @curlyprofessor.bsky.social
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Prof. Ting Guo traces how “love” became a political tool in China—from Christian missions to Maoist salvation to Xi’s family-state rhetoric. A must-read for anyone interested in how religion, affect, and nationalism shape power. @tingguowrites.bsky.social politicsrights.com/politics-of-...
Politics of Love - Politics and Rights Review
Explores how love (ai) became a political discourse in modern China—bridging religion, nationalism, socialism, and affective governance.
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May 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Prof. Ting Guo traces how “love” became a political tool in China—from Christian missions to Maoist salvation to Xi’s family-state rhetoric. A must-read for anyone interested in how religion, affect, and nationalism shape power. @tingguowrites.bsky.social politicsrights.com/politics-of-...
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Prof. David Kinley discusses the risks of detaching freedom from responsibility. A powerful reflection on liberty, democracy, and societal trust. Available in open access in English, French, and Spanish. politicsrights.com/when-too-muc... #PoliticsAndRightsReview
When Too Much Freedom Leads to Tyranny
Explores how freedom without responsibility can lead to chaos, hypocrisy, and tyranny. From pandemics to politics, liberty is under siege.
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April 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Prof. David Kinley discusses the risks of detaching freedom from responsibility. A powerful reflection on liberty, democracy, and societal trust. Available in open access in English, French, and Spanish. politicsrights.com/when-too-muc... #PoliticsAndRightsReview
A timely and rigorous reflection on the political consequences of truth decay in contemporary U.S. politics. Lynch’s analysis offers valuable insight into how authoritarianism takes root through epistemic erosion. @michael-p-lynch.bsky.social
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#PoliticsAndRightsReview
In this article, based on his recent book, Prof. Michael Lynch explores how the distortion of truth fuels authoritarian tendencies in the U.S. A key contribution to understanding the link between democracy and knowledge. @michael-p-lynch.bsky.social
politicsrights.com/truth-and-au...
politicsrights.com/truth-and-au...
Truth and Authoritarianism in America
An analysis of how attacks on truth and evidence-based institutions threaten democratic life amid rising authoritarianism in the United States.
politicsrights.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A timely and rigorous reflection on the political consequences of truth decay in contemporary U.S. politics. Lynch’s analysis offers valuable insight into how authoritarianism takes root through epistemic erosion. @michael-p-lynch.bsky.social
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