President Trump speaks during an event at the White House on Wednesday. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Trump has for the most part settled into conventional Republican policies. He has cut taxes for the rich, rolled back regulations, appointed conservative judges and lavished money on the Defense Department. He departs from the Reagan formula in two major areas …
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President Trump speaks alongside then-national security adviser John Bolton during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in May 2018. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) But better late than never. Reading the excerpt from your new book in the Wall Street Journal, along with summaries of it in The Post and the New York Times, makes clear …
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Before and during Jim Crow period this was how America dealt with its black folks. They were hung from the newest tree. However, after Jim Crow and civil rights fights, they changed the method of execution. They have changed the noose to the gun of the police. They now routinely shoot to kill black men …
In the United States and around the world, societies are struggling to balance the sometimes draconian social controls needed to combat a highly contagious infectious disease with the need for limits on government power and the protection of civil liberties. Public health concerns can be used to justify crackdowns on opposition politicians, the manipulation of vital humanitarian assistance, and …
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Ahead of presidential, parliamentary and local elections planned for 2021, urban food relief distribution in Uganda has become politicised as people struggle under COVID-19 lockdown measures. As narratives of ‘liberation’ resurface amid the government’s health response, the securitisation of corona-politics is further stifling opposition parties across the country. Food distribution efforts present a snapshot of …
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