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Our summer 2018 issue, Megalomania, is now available online! Feat. @glendamgloria, @BLNadeau, @SBangstad, @kayagenc, @SophCousins, @atossaaraxia, @Yascha_Mounk, @Slavojiek, & much, much more.
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Minsoo Bae on how online outlets in #SouthKorea are picking up the stories and social trends that are often left out of both national and international press coverage:
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New York's Lower East Side is changing quickly, but neighborhood Jewish eateries remain committed to carrying on the legacies of earlier generations:
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The Netanyahu administration's mass deportation plan has been shelved for now, but thousands of African asylum-seekers in #Israel still face an uncertain future:
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Trump's aggressive words about #Iran are beginning to mirror statements he made about #NorthKorea earlier this year, but his tactics won't work in quite the same way:
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Soil is paradoxical, says @WorldPolicy’s @EstherNgumbi. Although everyone depends on it for sustenance, fewer people than ever are actually getting their hands dirty farming | @Illinois_Alma apple.co/2LLDjQ2
ALT Illustrated image of headphones with accompanying text: PS Editors' Podcast - The Soil-Poverty Nexus, with Esther Ngumbi
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After three years of crusading & scavenging & #writing & rewriting, my farewell to Egypt's unfaltering generals could be found here. #literary #reportage #print
WPJ's summer issue will be out soon! This time, we're looking at megalomania, and the issue features stories ranging from the celebrity status of Egypt's generals to a Soviet-era Mongolian dictator's (lack of) literary prowess. Subscribe today: dukeupress.edu/world-policy-…
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The Generals in Their Labyrinth: The rise of Egypt’s military celebrities @WorldPolicy read.dukeupress.edu/world-po…
Palestinian human rights lawyer Ahmad Amara on #Bedouin land and property rights in #Israel:
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I have an article in @worldpolicy on Boris Johnson and his impact on the built environment of London read.dukeupress.edu/world-po… teapaw.org/WorldPolicy/status/101…
Our summer 2018 issue, Megalomania, is now available online! Feat. @glendamgloria, @BLNadeau, @SBangstad, @kayagenc, @SophCousins, @atossaaraxia, @Yascha_Mounk, @Slavojiek, & much, much more.
Read: worldpolicy.org/recent-issue…
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"Although an immense abyss separates the revolt of the 60s from today’s protests, we are now witnessing a similar reappropriation of the energy of protest and revolt by the capitalist system." Read Slavoj Žižek's take on the legacies of 1968:
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"She didn’t know there was a thing called asylum. She just knew she had to go."
Amelia Frank-Vitale examines the circumstances that force young Hondurans to leave their country, and what they encounter when they enter the U.S.:
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"History is littered with tales of the oversized ambitions of men.” Kristen R. Ghodsee on the legacy of Alexandra Kollontai, a groundbreaking feminist advocate at the time of the Russian Revolution:
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Istanbul-based writer Kaya Genç traces the ideological roots of Erdoğan's Turkey:
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Photojournalist Priya Ramrakha's work crossed continents, depicting political upheaval in the U.S. and freedom struggles in Africa:
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WPJ spoke with the directors of @The_Cleaners_ about the secretive world of content moderation, and the #Facebook and #Twitter employees who filter violent, pornographic, or hateful posts:
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.@BLNadeau on the rise of fascist politician Giorgia Meloni in #Italy: "She dabbles in anti-Europe and anti-gay banter, which plays well to the 'Italy first' sentiments of her far-right constituency."
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Amelia Frank-Vitale looks at the lives and circumstances of three former migrants who were deported back to #Honduras from the United States:
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.@cphkevin speaks with Sámi reindeer herder Issát Turi about the award-winning cookbook EALLU, which highlights #Arctic indigenous cuisine, and what it reveals about our relationship to food:
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Margarita Cadenas on how the crisis in #Venezuela is affecting the lives of women, as many grapple with the difficult decision to leave the country or to stay:
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Rodrigo Duterte "can be impulsive and emotional, they said, but in the end he sobers up and weighs pros and cons before rushing into any decision. It’s just a war of words, they said ... The blood in the streets of Manila is proof of the contrary."
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