A civil rights activist who ran for president twice and became a Democratic power broker, Jackson is an American political…
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Soft power is a foreign-policy tool to get what a country wants without using force.
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A US district judge says that the Trump administration has to pay USAID the billions it owes in already completed work.…
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AI innovation and governance can coexist. The key is combining public-private partnerships, market audits and accountability.
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Tearing down abandoned homes has proven benefits, such as reducing crime and toxic materials, but it doesn’t pay for itself.
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A death row inmate in South Carolina chose firing squad over lethal injection and the electric chair.
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USAID started in the 1960s as a way to offset the spread of communism. Since then, it has had various other soft-power benefits…