History of War

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This book is controversial, but for good reasons. Manela looks at reactions to the end of World War I, and to Woodrow Wilson’s statement on national self-determination. He looks at a series of different people across the world, from Egypt to China, t

Columbia Journalism Review

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Recent visitors to the home site of George Rogers Clark, Revolutionary War commander, may have found an unexpected addition to the historical record. Situated in Clarksville, Indiana, in the Falls of the Ohio State Park, the place known as “Clark’s P

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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Yes, we have a serious problem at the border -- indeed, at every border we create and defend with force of arms and bureaucratic indifference. "'If you want water, just drink from a toilet.' That's what border patrol told one thirsty woman we met on

The Guardian

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I see the rage all around me, but painful emotions can coexist with activism – and millions of Americans are stepping up

India Today

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In response to a series of questions in Parliament, G. Kishan Reddy, the minister of state for home affairs, offered a barrage of statistics to show that Kashmiris were increasingly participating in ordinary life, that children had returned to school

NPR

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Dozens of Indians, most of them Muslim, have been killed by police in weeks of nationwide protests against a new citizenship law. Their families believe they were singled out because of their faith.

TIME

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Jeffrey Epstein is dead. His victims will never have their day in court, at least not with this defendant. It is critical that the Justice Department conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances of his death. But how it is handled is also

Farmer's Weekly

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You might have read, in media reports that have been circulating on social media these past few weeks, about the case of Western Cape farmer Ivan Cloete, a land reform beneficiary who was facing eviction from a farm he was previously granted access t

AQ: Australian Quarterly

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By the time you read this, we will have had ourselves an election. Yet one thing is increasingly obvious – something that bears out in this edition: How the country votes is, in many ways, irrelevant. If the fabric of politics and the tapestry of Aus

City Press

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As outrage grows over allegedly corrupt personal protective equipment (PPE) tenders, City Press can reveal that, in the Free State, they were not only handed to ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule’s sons, but also to a number of people who are his cl

TIME

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Hate, among all our base instincts, is the most distinctly human. In animals, violence and venom are tools of survival; in humans, of supremacy. Small, scared people hate, self-hating people hate, bullied and betrayed people hate, as though hate will

NPR

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"As I said from the beginning, I condemn the photo of Basic Training Class 18 in the strongest possible terms," Gov. Jim Justice said, "This act needed to result in real consequences."

BBC History Magazine

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In the early evening of 23 February 1820 a group of desperate men gathered in the hay loft above dilapidated stables in a dead end side street off London’s Edgware Road. Their intention was to kill the entire British cabinet as its members sat at din

Cycling Weekly

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While it was topical and appropriate for you to include an article on racism in cycling in last week’s CW (June 11), I found the words used by Dr Marlon Moncrieffe to be offensive and was disappointed that a balance to his claims were not edited into

New Philosopher

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“Digital-age movements tend to be organisationally toothless, good at barking at power but bad at forcing ultimatums or chewing through complex negotiations. When the Gezi Park occupation intensified and the Turkish government expressed an interest i

Independent on Saturday

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CORRUPTION seems a relatively benign crime. When everyone is the victim – as is the case with state looting – no one is the victim. Sure, we know we are in theory each made incrementally poorer with every act of illegal enrichment perpetrated by a cr

Saturday Star

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AS DA members converge virtually for the party’s elective congress, the dominant slogan will be: “Real hope, real change. Now!” That is the theme for the congress, starting today, in which a new leader will be elected. While the favourite and interim

India Today

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By seeking organisational elections, the ‘group of 23’ have sought accountable leadership, but critics say it’s a rebellion against their marginalisation within the party These leaders provide the party policy insights but are not known for organis

NPR

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One protester in New York City said George Floyd's death moved him to action. "As a black person, I've actually been relatively passive."

Global Voices

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Zak's death unleashed both demands for justice from LGBTQI communities from across the country as well as hate speech against such communities and Zak himself.

Post South Africa

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FROM his responses in the interview published in the POST (March 10-14), Krish Kumar’s inimitable character and philosophy shine through. Having been at the helm of the most important aspect of any municipality since the sudden death of his predecess

Australian Flying

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Delegates to the July Australian General Aviation Alliance (AGAA) summit at Wagga Wagga were infused with a new optimism in the wake of the event, not because of what politicians said, but because of the summit itself. For the first time that most of

NZ Hunter

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Our winter hunting has been fairly eventful to say the least, and we have some interesting episodes coming up for you next season. Spring is just round the corner in the low country but don’t expect to see any signs of it for a month yet in the high

Post South Africa

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THE eThekwini mayor’s response “Mayor addresses fearful residents” (the POST, October 21-25) to the protests, by residents from the informal settlement in Clare Estate, is concerning. It’s these band-aid reactions that make the situation worse. Insta

Mother Jones

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RYANN LIEBENTHAL spent nine months working the swing shift at a 24-hour Kinko’s after graduating from college with tens of thousands of dollars in student debt (“Unforgivable,” page 16). She’s now a Brooklyn-based freelance journalist, and her essays

Manhattan Institute

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All too predictably, the British government dismisses the distinguished philosopher from an architecture commission.

Manhattan Institute

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As Bari Weiss’s departure confirms, the New York Times has narrowed its spectrum of allowable opinion.

Literary Hub

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The coronavirus pandemic is dramatically disrupting not only our daily lives but society itself. This show features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the deeper economic, political, and technological consequenc

Pretoria News Weekend

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AS DA members converge virtually for the party’s elective congress, the dominant slogan will be: “Real hope, real change. Now!” That is the theme for the congress, starting today, in which a new leader will be elected. While the favourite and interim

Manhattan Institute

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Someone who must have suffered the experience in-person leaked an hour-long video of a Google “TGIF” employee meeting, held just after the 2016 election. The video features Google co-founder Sergey Brin, CEO Sundar Pichai, and numerous other high-ran