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Win, Lose, or Draw: Using LGBTQ+ Legal History to Reassess Social Movement Outcomes

open access: yesLaw &Policy, Volume 48, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT In 1992, Colorado's citizens enacted Amendment 2, a ballot initiative that prevented governmental entities from extending antidiscrimination protections to gays and lesbians. That same year, Oregon's voters rejected a similar measure. At first glance, it may seem that queer rights advocates experienced a loss in Colorado and a victory in ...
Marie‐Amélie George
wiley   +1 more source

Connected to Give: Faith Communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This is the third report in the "Connected to Give" series, and compares the relationship between the charitable giving behavior of American's from a variety of backgrounds, including their key demographics; an examination their motivations for giving ...
Amir D. Hayat   +3 more
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A Custom GPT for Executive MBA Students: A Case Study in Enhancing Learning

open access: yesStat, Volume 14, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper presents the development and implementation of a custom GPT‐based tool designed to enhance Executive MBA students' learning experience in Wharton's core business statistics course. The AI‐driven assistant was tailored to the specific course content, offering an interactive platform to review complex statistical concepts and improve ...
Richard P. Waterman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Watkins\u27 Patent trolls: Predatory litigation and the smothering of innovation (Book Review)

open access: yes, 2017
A review of Watkins, W. J., Jr. (2013). Patent trolls: Predatory litigation and the smothering of innovation. Oakland, CA: The Independent Institute. 96 pp. $17.95.
Strain, Judson L.
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Post‐liberalism and the politics of liberation: Brazilian favelas as emergent territories of freedom Postlibéralisme et politique de la libération : les favelas brésiliennes, territoires de liberté émergents

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 1023-1040, December 2025.
Brazilian favelas (shantytowns) are often considered as marginalized urban territories that must be better integrated into the nation‐state to obtain legitimacy under the Rule of Law. Based on years of fieldwork in one of the largest shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro (Rocinha), this article suggests that the absence of a (normative) liberal apparatus in ...
Moises Lino e Silva
wiley   +1 more source

Transatlantic Anti‐Catholic Networks, Bibles and School Disputes in the Nineteenth Century

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 520-536, December 2025.
In the later nineteenth century, British, Canadian and American Evangelicals set up transatlantic religious networks to fight the Catholic Church and to affirm their Protestant Anglophone identities. Accordingly, Evangelical militants perceived their struggle as being transnational despite the diametrically different State–Church relationship contexts ...
Geraldine Vaughan
wiley   +1 more source

Bloody Howard! Gender, Leadership, and the Decline of the Liberal Party of Australia as the “Party for Women”

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, Volume 71, Issue 4, Page 753-777, December 2025.
Women played a key role in the founding of the Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) in 1944 and in providing its branch structure. The newly established LPA also sought to encourage women to join the party and to seek political office. This led the LPA to achieve most of the “firsts” for women in Australian politics and, for much of the 20th century, the ...
Blair Williams
wiley   +1 more source

Appropriations and Stem Cell Research Arlen Specter’s Senate Legacy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Pennsylvania Republican Senator Arlen Specter sat at the center of battles over stem cell research. Focusing on Specter’s efforts allows sustained exploration of policy entrepreneurship in the Senate.
Kelly, Sean Q.
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Fostering Muslim Civic Engagement through Faith-Based Community Organizing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Muslims often encounter discriminatory practices similar to those experienced by other minority groups living in the United States. Such practices range from mass incarceration and anti-immigration efforts to racial and religious profiling.
Fulton, Brad R.
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