Vijaya Ramachandran
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Trump Wants to Take From the Poor and Give to the Wealthy
The administration’s food stamp cuts expose the cruel truth of Republican hypocrisy.
Zimbabwe escalates power cuts up to 24 hours as Eskom impact hits
Zimbabwe’s state-owned Zesa Holdings escalated power cuts to as long as 24 hours after losing
Reflections on Nigeria’s Power Sector Privatization
Nigeria’s power sector was unbundled and partially privatized to establish a competitive market intended to improve management and efficiency, attract private investment, increase generation, and provide reliable and cost-efficient power supply....
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Haiti: Caracol Industrial Park
Accountability Counsel is supporting the Kolektif Peyizan Viktim Tè Chabè (the Kolektif), a collective of hundreds of Haitian farmers displaced by the Cara
As Suu Kyi looks on, Gambia asks UN judges to 'stop genocide' in Myanmar
Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace laureate, is expected to repeat denials of genocide and argue that military operations were a legitimate counterterrorism response to attacks by Rohingya militants
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Why African Cultural Restitution Matters | by Patrick Gaspard
Until very recently, European cultural institutions preferred to act as if colonialism had not rested on the violent disavowal of African art, music, and architecture. But that is finally starting to change, owing not least to the efforts of young...
My brother and father were killed by terrorists. Trump's Sudan deal just betrayed us.
It's not time to lift sanctions.
90 percent of growth in high-tech jobs happened in just 5 metro areas
As a result, wealth is also being concentrated in those areas.
Ending surprise billing: A moral test for physicians - The Boston Globe
Indeed, “surprise billing” has become so common that, by some estimates, it has affected over half of all American adults.
Smoke haze returns to Sydney as NSW braces for potentially 'lethal' fire danger
Thick smoke haze has returned to Sydney along with north-westerly winds as NSW braces for a day of soaring temperatures and widespread "very high" to "severe" fire danger.
India Prepares to Block Naturalization for Muslims
A bill establishing a religious test for immigration to India is expected to pass Parliament, a major step for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist agenda.
African countries are struggling to build robust identity systems
But that may soon change, thanks to help from an unlikely quarter
The World Solved the Ozone Problem. It Can Solve Climate Change.
The same tools that fixed the ozone hole — science, innovation and international action — can address it.
At Japan’s Most Elite University, Just 1 in 5 Students Is a Woman
Enrollment of women at the University of Tokyo has hovered around 20 percent for nearly two decades, a gender disparity that extends across many top universities.
Hong Kong Protest, Largest in Weeks, Stretches Several Miles
Hundreds of thousands of people poured into Hong Kong’s major thoroughfares for an authorized march meant to coincide with the United Nations’ Human Rights Day.
For Trump, Instinct After Florida Killings Is Simple: Protect Saudis
Before issuing his own condolences, the president channeled the Saudi king’s, and avoided any discussion of the hard questions about why the U.S. is training Saudi officers.
Why Worry About Automation? | by Christopher Pissarides
In previous periods of technological displacement of workers, economists like John Maynard Keynes and Wassily Leontief worried that too few new jobs would be created to prevent higher long-term unemployment. Today, facing an onrushing wave of...