“Kashmir leaders under house arrest as unrest grows”, BBC News
London, 5 August 2019
Top politicians in Indian-administered Kashmir have been put under house arrest, days after thousands of troops… Continue reading
“What Hong Kong’s Turmoil Means For Taiwan”, NPR
Julie McCarthy, Weekend Edition, August 3, 2019
Hong Kong’s turmoil reverberates among Taiwanese. Many have a sense dread that as… Continue reading
“What does Sudan’s constitutional declaration say?”, Al Jazeera
Doha, August 4, 2019
Long-awaited document paves the way for civilian rule after Omar al-Bashir’s removal in the face of… Continue reading
“Read an excerpt from The Enforcers, revealing a brazen plot to assassinate Nelson Mandela at his inauguration”, The Johannesburg Review of books
The Johannesburg Review of Books, July 2019
Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from The Enforcers: Inside Cape… Continue reading
“How music took down Puerto Rico’s governor”, The Washington Post
By and Marisol LeBrón
Underground music overcame censors to gain popularity and political… Continue reading
“Iran Is Gambling That Trump Is Afraid of War”, The Nation
By Tony Karon, July 25, 2019
The Nation In response to devastating US sanctions, Iran is choosing confrontation over surrender… Continue reading
“Lawmaker says she’s been told to back off call for probe of Jeffrey Epstein’s work release”, Miami Herald
By Julie K. Brown and Nicholas Hehamas, July 25, 2019
Florida Sen. Lauren Book has reached out to Capitol police… Continue reading
“Boris Johnson, tough on the economic causes of Brexit? Not likely”, The Guardian
Larry Elliott, 26 Jul 2019
So farewell then, Project Fear. Out go the predictions of imminent economic catastrophe, in… Continue reading
“Robert Mueller and the Tyranny of ‘Optics’”, The Atlantic
Todd S. Purdum, Jul 25, 2019
The commentariat’s focus on performance over substance is the kryptonite of the modern media… Continue reading
“Berlin Search Engine Uses Profits to Plant Trees”, Der Spiegel
By Marcel Rosenbach, Berlin, 07/24/19
For every 45 inquiries conducted on its search engine, Berlin startup Ecosia has a seedling… Continue reading