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Hope has been restored for many Syrians. But vigilance will be needed to ensure that democratic institutions emerge and withstand autocratic impulses.

So long as Cubans’ rage and despair remain, the government cannot afford to curtail emigration. And there is no end in sight.

The political problem of the border arises from a broader crisis of legitimacy of the state.

Sanctuary activists face new challenges under Trump’s second term—but their work has always entailed great personal risk.

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The USS Abraham Lincoln Battle Group off the coast of Hawai’i. Official U.S. Navy photo by: PH2 Gabriel Wilson The United States is a national security state.  Over the past half-century, it has unnecessarily conducted “forever wars” in Vietnam (1960s-1970s), Iraq...

Photograph Source: Brian.S.W – CC BY-SA 4.0 A few months apart, Marketplace and All Things Considered did stories about the luxury liner, the USS United States. Both stories were upbeat and treated the 75-year-old ship like a venerable friend. (The ATC report gushed:...

Photo by camilo jimenez The rapid growth of digital technologies in the last quarter-century has multiplied the number and types of possible influences on individual values and opinions. Has the digital era changed the level of social conformity in the population? And...

No hay macrofestival ético, del mismo modo que no hay banco que piense en las personas. La forma de construir relaciones sociales, así como el lugar desde donde estas se producen son importantes. Si queremos cambiar los pilares de este mundo no podemos permitirnos...

A corto plazo, el nuevo acuerdo permitirá equilibrar el balance de pagos, pero a costa de que la economía se incline hacia la recesiónTemas: Actualidad, Argentina, Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI)Leer artículo completo

Image by Alberto Bigoni.  “Every society has the criminals it deserves.” -Emma Goldman The reign of Richard Nixon was a heavy chapter in the history of the American Empire. The entire world seemed to be on the brink of explosion and Babylon was far from an exception...