The Nationalism We Need
Illustration by Sam Island By Michael Galloway Behind the nativism, sexism, and incoherent twitter rants, the rise of Trumpism has brought
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Opinion
The Road Ahead for Algeria’s New President: Beginning or End of Democratic Change?
Image Credit: Swaha Cartoons By Houssam Eddine Beggas Newly elected President Abdelmadjid Tebboune recently took office in tumultuous times. His
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Wrapping Up on 2019 – The Year of Return for the African Diaspora
Photo description: New Ghanaian citizens pose for a photo with President Nana Akufo-Addo. (Photo credit: Office of the President, Ghana)
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The Underground Economy of Amber: A Destabilizing Threat to Ukraine
Photo description: Raw amber overlapped by the Ukrainian flag (Photo credit: Hans Splinter, CC BY-ND) By Nicole Kalczynski The sociopolitical
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Justice for the Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free: Immigration After Trump
Image credit: Natasha Varner/The World By Eleanor Baldenweck Following a dictator or other authoritative government, new democracies are often faced
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Humanity Won’t Survive without Gender Equality
by Meagan Torello A wealth of research has indicated that achieving gender equality can add 12 trillion USD to the
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Engaging, and Disengaging, on Xinjiang
The ongoing visit of UN undersecretary general for counterterrorism Vladimir Voronkov to China’s Xinjiang region, and the invitation to UN
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Striving for Mediocrity: The Swedish Model for Success and Happiness
Sweden is in the vanguard of gender equality: Swedish women won the right to vote in 1919 and today, women
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by Patricia Zanini Graca Emir Abd el-Kader (AEK) was born in the 19th century, before the modern conundrum of international
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by Patricia Zanini-Graca In February, the Peruvian Armed Forces Joint Command and the Peruvian National Police started Operation Mercury 2019,
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