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Katie Chandler

Katie Chandler is the Manager of Curriculum Design and Program Development with Close Up and has been with the foundation since 2011.  She grew up in Wisconsin and attended St. Catherine University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.  After college she lived in Poland where she taught English and earned a master’s degree studying the European Union at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow.  Her interests are American history, Central and Eastern European politics, and economic policy.

Posts by Katie Chandler:

Civil Rights & Individual Liberties

State and Federal Legislation on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

October 09, 2024

In the past six years, the introduction of bills in state legislatures to ban gender-affirming care for transgender and gender diverse youth has increased exponentially. In 2018, two such bills were introduced. In 2023, there were 185. Arkansas became the first state to ban gender-affirming care for youth in 2021; now, there are 26 states […]

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Foreign Policy

The International Criminal Court Seeks Arrest Warrants for Leaders of Israel and Hamas

May 28, 2024

Karim Khan, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced on May 20 that he has applied for arrest warrants for leaders of Hamas and Israel for war crimes and crimes against humanity over the October 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza. A panel of judges will now consider Khan’s application […]

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Foreign Policy

What Is Happening in Sudan?

May 25, 2023

On April 15, fighting broke out in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), the country’s national army, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group. The RSF is the largest paramilitary group in Africa, created in 2013 out of the Janjaweed militias that have been accused of war crimes and genocide in Darfur, […]

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Civil Rights & Individual Liberties

The Debate Over the Respect for Marriage Act

December 07, 2022

The Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act on November 29, and the House of Representatives is expected to pass it this week. President Joe Biden has already said he will sign it. The bill is the result of months of work by congressional leaders to create legislative protections for same-sex married couples. The History […]

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Foreign Policy

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine

March 01, 2022

On January 26, we posted about the deteriorating situation in Ukraine. Since then, Russia has invaded Ukraine and surrounded the capital, Kyiv. More than half a million refugees have fled the country and at least 136 civilians, including 13 children, have been killed.1 What Has Happened Since Then? February 21: The Russian government recognizes the […]

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Foreign Policy

What Is Happening in Ukraine?

January 26, 2022

President Joe Biden has ordered the Pentagon to put 8,500 U.S. troops on heightened alert for a possible deployment to Europe.1 And the State Department has told the families of U.S. diplomats in Ukraine to leave the country as the possibility of a Russian invasion increases.2 So, what is the situation in Ukraine? Background on […]

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