Tag: global affairs
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In 1969, Richard Nixon, about eight months into his Presidency, grew frustrated with the North Vietnamese leadership. The President wanted to negotiate an exit from the Vietnam War, but his… more ›
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The Tragedy of Mental Illness in American Prisons At the time of his death, following a violent altercation with guards, Karl Taylor was one of thousands of mentally ill inmates… more ›
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The Newest Jim Crow In the midterms, Michigan became the first state in the Midwest to legalize marijuana, Florida restored the vote to over 1.4 million people with felony convictions,… more ›
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Life Under Gang Rule in El Salvador Nearly 20,000 Salvadorans were killed from 2014 to 2017. That’s more violent deaths than in several countries that were at war during those… more ›
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Fishing boats to small stores, Amazon will stop at nothing to win in India Before any Amazon parcel arrives at Sahiba Ashraf’s creaky wooden balcony on Havelock Island, it undertakes… more ›
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The Land That Failed to Fail The West was sure the Chinese approach would not work. It just had to wait. It’s still waiting. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/18/world/asia/china-rules.html more ›
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Lions on the move II: Realizing the potential of Africa’s economies Africa’s economic fundamentals remain strong, but governments and companies will need to work even harder to keep the region’s… more ›