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On September 26, teaching students from the Ayotzinapa Normal
On September 26, teaching students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School in #Mexico were intercepted by police forces en route to a protest in Iguala. In ...

Like many countries in the Middle East and beyond, #Bahrain
Like many countries in the Middle East and beyond, #Bahrain erupted with anti-authoritarian protests in 2011 when the Arab Spring took the region and ...

#Afghanistan ~ As foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan,
#Afghanistan ~ As foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan, violence is increasing. Fighting between the Afghan security forces and the Taliban is cha...

In 1997, the longtime British colony of Hong Kong was handed over
In 1997, the longtime British colony of Hong Kong was handed over to China with the understanding that it would retain relative autonomy under the con...

In the first episode of Talking Heads, Orville Schell discusses
In the first episode of Talking Heads, Orville Schell discusses his New York Review of Books essay, China Strikes Back. Schell recently joined Jimmy C...

#France #ZAD #TESTET ~ Deep in the tranquil Forest of Sivens in
#France #ZAD #TESTET ~ Deep in the tranquil Forest of Sivens in the south of France, eco-militant activists and French riot police are fighting a viol...

Boyan Slats story is not quite that of a 20-year-old Wunderkind
Boyan Slats story is not quite that of a 20-year-old Wunderkind who magically found a potential fix to a longstanding problem. Its perhaps more accura...

#Syria ~ Aleppo is Syrias largest metropolitan area and a
#Syria ~ Aleppo is Syrias largest metropolitan area and a millennia-old commercial capital. Today, however, it is a relative ghost town, threatened by...