In 2016, Somalia was declared the most fragile state in the world – worse off than Syria.
In February 2017, the United Nations issued an early famine warning for the country, which is suffering from drought, clan warfare, government corruption and attacks from the Islamic militant group, al-Shabab. Adding to the misery, President Trump has...
A rally outside of City Hall in San Francisco in January.AP Photo/Jeff ChiuSan Francisco is suing over President Donald Trump’s executive order against “sanctuary cities.” A federal court hearing is set for April 14, and a decision is expected soon after.
The order, signed in January, defined “sanctuary jurisdictions”...
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A bust of newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer looks on as reporters look through a box containing the announcements of the 1996 Pulitzer Prizes at Columbia University.AP Photo/Wally SantanaThe 2017 Pulitzer Prizes have just been announced, and this year’s winners of the prestigious award include Charleston Gazette-Mail reporter Eric Eyre for...
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In most relationships, one partner wields more power than the other.'Hands' via www.shutterstock.comWhen it comes to power in romantic relationships, men are often cast as dominant and women as deferential. But working against this are caricatures of domineering women with their “hen-pecked husbands” and “whipped...
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A suitable disposition helps the medicine go down. Cropped from charlesonflickr/flickr, CC BYDo certain people want more medical care than others do? And, does that matter?
To consider this idea, start by answering the following question: Which of the paragraphs below describes you best?
“I prefer active medical interventions and being...
Inspecting election results is best done with a dash of randomness.Boonyen/shutterstock.comDemocratic societies depend on trust in elections and their results. Throughout the 2016 presidential election, and since President Trump’s inauguration, allegations of Russian involvement in the U.S. presidential campaign have raised concerns about how...
A noninvasive brain-computer interface based on EEG recordings from the scalp.Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE), Photo by Mark Stone, CC BY-NDJust as ancient Greeks fantasized about soaring flight, today’s imaginations dream of melding minds and machines as a remedy to the pesky problem of human mortality. Can the mind...
The government-funded International Republican Institute, a nonprofit, supports democratic efforts like this voter education campaign in Burma.International Republican Institute, CC BY-SAPresident Donald Trump’s proposed budget would slash State Department spending by 28 percent, drastically reducing U.S. foreign aid flows.
Will he prevail?...
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Businessmen pass by Occupy Wall Street protesters at New York's Zuccotti Park in 2011.AP Photo/Kathy WillensSocial scientists have long known that the rich are not exactly model citizens.
They evade taxes more often, flaunt traffic laws that protect pedestrians and donate less frequently to charity. In the aftermath of the Great Recession, there...
The Trump administration has done an abrupt about-face on Syria, contradicting its own nascent foreign policy. Within 24 hours, it went from calling out the Assad regime for using chemical weapons to launching missiles at military targets. As limited as the strikes were, there are also statements that plans are in the works to target Syrian...