In recent years, I have encountered several people who have said they no longer follow the news, as it makes them tired and unhappy. These are...
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Personal Reflections
Midterm elections’ poker: The cards are on the table
Less than 60 days and counting… The 2018 U.S. midterm elections will take place on November 6, in the middle of Republican President Donald Trump's...
In Myanmar, you have 100% chance to be arrested for being a journalist
September 3 became a historic day for Myanmar’s media when two Myanmar journalists who worked for Reuters were sentenced to seven years in jail for...
On the importance of words in the age of Trump
The importance of words takes on a new meaning in the United States in 2018 when one analyzes how its current president refers to immigrants, for example.
Time to make humankind great again
When I was a child in the 1980s, we had these books called “My Friends” where your friends would write things about themselves: their favorite food,...
WPI report 3: from the refugee camp to Congress – meet Ilhan Omar
We are back in Minneapolis! For the next story, I want to take you to a very interesting place, which is not usually included in booklets like “10...
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