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Amy Moran-Thomas
After twenty years of electoral dominance by the African National Congress, are South African politics finally becoming competitive?
Tim Cohen
In the face of Putin's rejection of democracy, Europe’s democrats must underscore the importance of the EU’s norms: social justice, sustainability, diplomacy, diversity, and freedom of movement.
Paul Hockenos
A recording of their debate at the Unlearning Violence conference.
John Berger
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the downside to free trade.
Sean McElwee
The failure of institutions in São Paulo has paved the way for an ethic of organized crime.
Graham Denyer Willis
It is easy, but wrong, to see development in terms of 'genes for X' or a nature/nurture balance.
Anne Fausto-Sterling
An Interview with Activist and Intellectual Yassin al-Haj Saleh
Danny Postel, Nader Hashemi, Yassin al-Haj Saleh
The U.S. is funding development in restive Northern Nigeria, but soft power isn't blunting anti-American sentiments.
Ameto Akpe
In a rich country famous for giving its citizens everything, the bidoun are citizens of nowhere.
Katie Cella
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