Diaspora
Without immigrants, the American economy would collapse. It’s not just the scientists, doctors, entrepreneurs and risk-takers, but it’s also the immigrant labourers, nurses, healthcare aides, construction workers who
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Politics
In the US, Presidents Day celebrates the American president – not only as a political leader, but as a moral leader. But can a president be a person
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Good Governance
The argument isn’t whether African democracies are better than those in the West. It’s simply that the idea of “real” and “not yet real” democracies expresses a colonial
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World Affairs
As with Obama, there is an unspoken, racist implication: This candidate is foreign. They’re not like you and me
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World Affairs
As with Obama, there is an unspoken, racist implication: This candidate is foreign. They’re not like you and me You may have heard the rumor that Kamala Harris
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The Conversation
Traditional institutions represent, for many African citizens, the most immediate form of governance.
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Interviews
Elections 2024: “What is at stake is bigger than party and personal fortunes” ‘It is about public spiritedness and human rights’ * ‘Inequality is wired into our business
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Latest News
Analyzing Section of the 14th Amendment
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The Conversation
Today’s immigrants — who mostly come from the Global South — face a system of ever more complex chutes and ladders when it comes to their status in
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The Conversation
The good leader, insisted Machiavelli, is morally right to do what is usually taken as wrong. He or she must be cruel, deceptive and often violent
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