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Erdogan

Erdogan Makes A Mockery Of “Justice And Development”

April 15, 2017 Adam Levin Corruption, Foreign Policy, International, War Leave a comment

The longest running joke on the leftist humor podcast Chapo Trap House is that its hosts are fervent devotees of Turkish president Recep Tayyip

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A Bill of Rights for refugees and host countries

February 26, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Immigration, International, Justice One comment

Fifty St. Louis-area high school students dived into the international refugee crisis yesterday and created something that, apparently, no one has previously considered: a

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other refugees

The other refugees we don’t hear as much about

February 14, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, International, Refugees 2 comments

Syrians—4.8 million of them–constitute the largest segment of the current world refugee population.  But there are many other refugees —16+ million — who are

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Australian refugees: Who are they, and what are the terms of the deal?

February 3, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Immigration, International, Refugees, Trump, United Nations 4 comments

About 1,200 Afghani, Iraqi and Iranian refugees—currently housed in terrible conditions on islands near Australia—are supposed to come, over time, to the US, under

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transcript

Trump’s London Times transcript: What he said vs. what they reported

January 16, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Foreign Policy, International, Media, Transcripts, Trump, Widget: Transcripts 3 comments

In an attempt to sound like he knows something about foreign policy, Donald Trump sat for an interview with Michael Gove, of the Times

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How does the revolution in Rojava fit into the Syrian Civil War?

December 18, 2016 Adam Levin Foreign Policy, International One comment

With the advent of a Trump presidency fast approaching, the American Left appears despondent and discouraged. They may take potential hope from a series

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Brexit

Brexit, Colombia, Trump, and the threat of the unexpected

November 4, 2016 Christopher Burke 2016 Election, International, Widgets: Polls Leave a comment

This year pre-Brexit, polls in Britain were equivocal. Would Britain continue as a member of the European Community? Nobody knew. However, in the weeks

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Half of a Yellow Sun: The story of a war Americans hardly remember — Biafra

November 2, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik International, Language/Words, Literature/Arts/Film Leave a comment

“Half of a Yellow Sun” is a difficult novel to read, but well worth the effort. It’s not difficult in the sense that you’ll

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The left has no answer for Syria

September 12, 2016 Adam Levin Foreign Policy, Ideas, International, War 2 comments

This year’s catastrophe of an election cycle has led some on the Left to seek refuge with Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein, and

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The social and political costs of the Rio Olympics

August 12, 2016 Chris Harden Business, Housing, International, Poverty, Sports Leave a comment

Throughout the coming weeks of sport and competition, keep in mind the cost Rio and Brazil are bearing to host us. More than 77,000 citizens

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