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The Tigray War that consumed northern Ethiopia between 2020 and 2022 was, by the measures that humanitarian organizations use to assess catastrophe, one of the worst conflicts of t…
The argument for building more housing is simple enough that it can be stated in a single sentence: there are more households who want homes than there are homes available, and the…
The image that defined American labor for much of the twentieth century was the industrial union: tens of thousands of workers in a single factory or a single industry, organized u…
Load shedding. The South African term for scheduled power cuts entered common usage sometime around 2008 and has not left since. At its worst, it has meant twelve hours a day witho…
Ghana has earned, and to some extent jealously guards, a reputation as West Africa's most reliable democracy. Six peaceful transfers of power since the return to multiparty electio…
A fresh surge in unauthorized border crossings has reignited the perennial and politically explosive debate over American immigration policy, exposing once again the deep divisions…
With candidate filing deadlines now closed in most states, the contours of the 2026 midterm elections are coming into sharp focus. Control of the House of Representatives appears g…
The United States Senate passed a sweeping $1.2 trillion infrastructure package Thursday evening, ending weeks of tense negotiations and delivering a major legislative win for the …