Why North Korean prosperity would be the ruin of Kim Jong Un
Without its communist Soviet-style economy, North Korea would just be South Korea.
March 13, 2019
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Politics
Trump's executive order on drone strikes sends civilian casualty data back into the shadows
Civilian casualty counts are a powerful tool for propaganda – and for establishing peace.
March 13, 2019
765
US pulls diplomats from its embassy in Caracas, and tensions between Venezuela and Brazil escalate
Citing security concerns, the US is evacuating its embassy in Caracas, where President Maduro blames the US for a calamitous…
March 12, 2019
807
There's no way to stop human trafficking by treating it as an immigration enforcement problem
Governments should heed the expertise of the grassroots nonprofits that witness this scourge firsthand.
March 12, 2019
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Sen. Martha McSally, pioneering Air Force pilot, shows how stereotypes victimize sexual assault surv
Sen. Martha McSally has broken gender barriers right and left. Despite the power she amassed over a career of firsts, she…
March 12, 2019
610
Sex trafficking in the US: 4 questions answered
New England Patriots CEO Robert Kraft's criminal charges in a suspected sex trafficking case draw new attention to this…
March 8, 2019
927
Refugees forced to return to Syria face imprisonment, death at the hands of Assad
The Syrian civil war has ended, but there are millions of Syrian refugees living in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. With danger…
March 8, 2019
672
How women wage war – a short history of IS brides, Nazi guards and FARC insurgents
Hundreds of thousands of women helped the Nazi cause. Few ever faced justice.
March 8, 2019
705
3 ways activist kids these days resemble their predecessors
These youngsters have ample fervor, and they are dramatically photogenic. Dismissing them as being fake or lightweight can…
March 8, 2019
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A prison program in Connecticut seeks to find out what happens when prisoners are treated as victims
In a pilot program, older prisoners sentenced to life mentor younger prisoners who have a chance to lead productive, lawful…
March 7, 2019
690
Brazil and Venezuela clash over migrants, humanitarian aid and closed borders
Brazil's president has threatened military intervention in neighboring Venezuela, called its leader a 'dictator'…
March 7, 2019
814
US takes tentative steps toward opening up government data
A new act requires that all nonsensitive government data be made available publicly by January 2020. But the plan could…
March 6, 2019
899
Hoda Muthana wants to come home from Syria – just like many loyalist women who fled to Canada during
Like today's Western women who joined ISIS and now want to return home, American women with British sympathies during…
March 6, 2019
799
Ensuring racial equality – from classrooms to workplaces – depends on federal regulations Trump coul
A scholar of discrimination law explains why regulations set up in the 1960s are still critical to protecting racial groups…
March 6, 2019
689
What will come after a US withdrawal from Afghanistan?
The US has been at war in Afghanistan since a few weeks after 9/11. Now we are negotiating a peace with the Taliban, the…
March 5, 2019
645
Kashmir conflict is not just a border dispute between India and Pakistan
India and Pakistan have been fighting for control over Kashmir, an 86,000-square-mile territory in the Himalayas, for seven…
March 4, 2019
789
Abortions rise worldwide when US cuts funding to women's health clinics, study finds
Abortion rates tripled in Latin America and doubled in Africa under the Bush-era 'global gag rule.' The law, which…
March 4, 2019
564
Netanyahu’s hardline foreign policies may outlast his tenure
The longtime prime minister has reshaped Israel in profound ways. The military is stronger but Palestinian suffering has…
March 4, 2019
600
Is it more dangerous to let Islamic State foreign fighters from the West return or prevent them from
Many of the men and women who left homes in the West to join ISIS or similar terrorist organizations in Syria and Iraq as…
March 1, 2019
592
Trump-Kim summit ends with no deal, but diplomacy is a long process
History shows that diplomacy takes time and many incremental steps forward, a diplomacy expert writes.
February 28, 2019
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