David Priess shared an episode of Chatter in which he sat down with political scientist and economist Christopher Blattman about his hands-on field work, his framework for understanding why groups do and do not choose violence, and what it all means for practical efforts at conflict avoidance and resolution: Dakota Foster and Kai Wiggins explained the challenges faced by federal officials when developing policies on extremism. [read post]

Darrell Gilyard, 46, former pastor of Jackson- ville's Shiloh Baptist Metropolitan Church, was charged in late March with soliciting a lewd act and molestation involving a girl younger than 16.Gilyard already faced felony charges. [read post]

Robert Comer is scheduled for execution in Arizona on 22 May 2007, Christopher Newton in Ohio on 23 May, and in the week of 9 July Elijah Page is due to become the first person to be put to death in South Dakota since 1947. [read post]

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