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What do we write about when we write about America?
The drama we are witnessing unfold in the United States today is merely a battle between two forms of white…
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A post-Trump Palestine
A demonstrator holds a banner and Palestinian flag during a protest against the building of illegal Israeli settlements in Beit…
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Free and fair elections alone cannot solve CAR’s myriad problems
UN peacekeepers patrol the streets in Begoua, a northern district of Bangui, Central Africa Republic on January 13, 2021 [File:…
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What can corporations do to help save the ocean?
Oil leaks from the Japanese-owned MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of…
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The ‘Iran-al-Qaeda Axis’: Here we go again
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, January 12, 2021. [Andrew Harnik/Pool…
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Al-Qahtani must be released and Guantanamo closed
As law students working on Mohammed al-Qahtani’s case, we know his release is a question of humanity, not opinion. Razor…
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The police in the US must enforce pandemic measures
Protesters try to enter the Michigan House of Representative chamber and are being kept out by the police after the…
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A year without Soleimani: Will Iran retreat regionally?
People walk near a photo of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on the one year anniversary of his assassination by a…
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Brexit gives the Tories a free hand to dismantle workers’ rights
Medical workers transport a patient from an ambulance at the Royal London Hospital amid the coronavirus pandemic in London on…
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Qatar-GCC agreement: A victory for measured diplomacy
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace on January 5, 2021, shows from L to R: Kuwaiti Emir…
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America is coming undone
Police clash with US President Donald Trump’s supporters who breached security and entered the Capitol building in Washington, DC, on…
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Pardons and Iraq: A familiar story
An Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a car destroyed four days ago when American Blackwater contractors opened fire on civilians, killing…
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Radical social change in Nigeria beyond #EndSARS
A demonstrator holds a banner during a protest against alleged police brutality in Lagos on October 12, 2020 [File: Temilade…
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Killing Julian Assange
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen in a police van after he was arrested by British police outside the Ecuadorian…
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Cartoon: Winds of change, from Arab Spring to winter
OPINION | ARAB SPRING: 10 YEARS ON Ten years on, the winds of change that brought us the Arab Spring…
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Biden’s China policy: balancing engagement with deterrence
Chinese President Xi Jinping and then Vice President Joe Biden raise their glasses in a toast during a luncheon at…
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Making sense of Australia’s climate exceptionalism
Fire burns in the grass near Bumbalong, south of the Australian capital, Canberra, Feb. 1, 2020 [AP Photo/Rick Rycroft] 2020…
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The two-state solution: The opium of the Palestinian people
A woman holds a ‘Boycott Israel’ sign during a demonstration against the Israeli offensive on Gaza on August 1, 2014…
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Time in the time of coronavirus: Where did 2020 go?
Migrants rest at “La Roca,” or The Rock shelter in Nogales, Sonora state, Mexico, near the border fence that separates…
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