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    Biden shuts down U.S.-Mexico border Originally published: Peoples Dispatch  on June 5, 2024 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |  (Posted Jun 07, 2024) Empire, Immigration, Inequality, State RepressionAmericas, Mexico, United StatesNewswirePresident Joe Biden, U.S.-Mexico Border Biden signed an executive order temporarily shutting down the U.S.-Mexico border to asylum requests once the average number of daily encounters of migrants at official ports of entry tops…

  • I Wrote The Magna Carta, And You Can Too

    The city of Rome assigned an American journalist to write a new grand charter for “democracy cities.” It went very differently than he expected. Mia Angioy for Noema Magazine ESSAYFUTURE OF DEMOCRACY BY JOE MATHEWSMAY 2, 2024 Joe Mathews is a fellow in the Berggruen Institute’s Renovating Democracy program, a California columnist at Zócalo Public Square and the…

  • Inside the Feminist Revolution in Northern Syria

    A “utopian” society promoting gender equality continues to rise from the ashes of ISIS — despite ongoing Turkish attacks. BY ELIZABETH FLOCKMARCH 25, 2024 Elizabeth Flock is an Emmy Award-winning journalist who reports on gender and justice issues and hosts the podcast “Blind Plea.” This story is adapted from “The Furies: Women, Vengeance and Justice” (HarperCollins and Viking/Penguin,…

  • Lessons From Chile: How Not To Write A Constitution

    The task should fall to a citizens’ assembly instead of elected delegates. Ibrahim Rayintakath for Noema Magazine ESSAYFUTURE OF DEMOCRACY BY NATHAN GARDELSJANUARY 5, 2024 FacebookTwitterEmail Nathan Gardels is the editor-in-chief of Noema Magazine. “Constitutions need general acceptance so we can turn to their rules to manage our differences,” the former left-of-center Chilean President Ricardo Lagos told me in September…

  • Will the Cocos Islands become like Diego Garcia, highjacked by the U.S.?

    Originally published: Pearls and Irritations  on May 30, 2024 by John Menadue (more by Pearls and Irritations) (Posted May 31, 2024) Imperialism, Inequality, State Repression, StrategyAmericas, Australasia, Australia, United StatesNewswireCocos (Keeling) Islands, Diego Garcia, U.S. Military The 2000 residents of Diego Garcia were forcibly removed to make way for a giant U.S. military base. Will the same happen to the 593…

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