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The Afghanistan War Will End as It Began: In Blood
The author’s meeting with a friend includes with the idea that “‘America might be done with Afghanistan, but Afghanistan isn’t done with America.’ In his view, my lunch at the ambassador’s residence wouldn’t mark the end of the war at all. Not for me. Not for anyone.” (Elliot Ackerman, 2021).
Trump’s Big Lie Devoured the G.O.P. and Now Eyes Our Democracy
“America’s democracy is still in real danger" and is v"closer to a political civil war — more than at any other time in our modern history. Today’s seeming political calm is actually resting on a false bottom that we’re at risk of crashing through at any moment” (Friedman 2021).
Teenagers Are Struggling, and It’s Not Just Lockdown
“While many experts believe that the reason adolescents are struggling today is that they’re away from friends and school, a closer look at the research reveals...one of the biggest threats to the well-being of today’s teenagers is not social isolation but something else — the pressure to achieve” (Emily Esfahani Smith, 2021).
The Lurid Orientalism of Western Media
“By trafficking in images of death, suffering, and private acts of mourning, Western media coverage of the COVID-19 crisis in India has broken one of the first rules of journalism. And while a Western double standard is nothing new, applying it repeatedly does not make it more acceptable” (Brahma Chellaney, 2021).
Do You Live in a Political Bubble?
The authors “measured political isolation by looking at each voter’s thousand closest neighbors. For about one in five Republicans, and two in five Democrats, less than a quarter of their neighbors belong to the opposite political party” (Wezerek, Enos, and Brown, 2021).
Twisted Democracies
“Addressing within-country inequality may be the political imperative of the moment. But tackling vastly greater cross-country disparities – especially those affecting the two-thirds of humanity living outside the advanced economies and China – is the real key to maintaining geopolitical stability in the twenty-first century” (Kenneth Rogoff, 2021).
What Threatens Press Freedom Today?
"Transparency is the missing ingredient in large media platforms today, with everyone in the dark about how proprietary algorithms sort people and prioritize messages. This should not lead us to condemn all social media, but we should be sensitive to how owners and authoritarians use them." (Mueller, 2021)
Reimagining Education for All in Africa
"At current rates, about 20% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa will still be excluded from schooling in 2030. But, besides seeking to expand access to education, policymakers should contextualize, simplify, and democratize school curricula and teaching methods." (Nshemereirwe, 2021)
Share the Intellectual Property on COVID-19
"Intellectual Property must serve the global good, rather than humanity serving the interests of a few private companies. And in the case of COVID-19, the global good is not in doubt: rapid worldwide immunization, in order to save lives, prevent the emergence of new variants, and end the pandemic." (Sachs, 2021)
Europe Needs a New Fiscal Framework
"Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Union's fiscal rules were excessive and increasingly unworkable, reflecting the motives of distrustful member states more than economic common sense. If there is a silver lining to this crisis, it lies in the opportunity to debate and develop a new blueprint." (Pisani-Ferry, 2021)
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