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Israel's year of war and America
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Michael Macy
4:42
Nothing justified Oct 7. Does Oct 7 justify everything?*
Ta-Nehisi Coates travels among Palestinians. A US policy veteran sums it all up
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
Lebanon: A story without end?
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Michael Macy
5:02
What next for Lebanon in a region on fire?
A scholar skewers the state of the country. And 15 short stories bring Beirut to life
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Rashmee Roshan Lall

September 2024

The UN isn't world government. Discuss
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Michael Macy
5:06
Should the UN just throw up its hands?
'Never', says the multilateralist. 'Perhaps', whispers a love story from a lost era
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
Sri Lanka poll and life after death
Three great reads in a less than four minutes
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Michael Macy
3:53
Sri Lanka votes: Rebirth of a nation?
A stern accounting of system failure. A novel on life after death. And serendipity...
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
A big debate on polling matters
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Michael Macy
4:12
The debate launched a thousand polls
Ticking 'yes' for surveys. Asimov says 'no'. As does a 1960s gem on voter data
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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REPOST: AfD rises, Germans protest like it’s 1933
With the far right's first state election win since the Nazis, a philosophical response and one couple’s resistance
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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August 2024

REPOST The Ukraine-Russia war and iron endurance
As the conflict nears its 1000th day, these stories show the many forms of resilience
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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