Global Politics
Our stories explore the politics behind the news, with analysis ranging from Washington, DC to Damascas, Syria
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GlobalPost
May 27, 2016
Thais have been charged for clicking “like” on subversive Facebook memes and for handing flowers to an anti-junta activist. Officers have even snatched up a man for eating a sandwich.
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To the Point
May 27, 2016
The US editor for Israeli daily Ha’aretz says the hard-right defense minister isn't all that different from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, but "his bark may turn out worse than his bite."
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PRI's The World
May 26, 2016
Shortly after taking office, President Obama outlined an ambitious plan to rid the world of nuclear weapons. It helped win him a Nobel Peace Prize. On the eve of Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima, we review his nuclear successes and failures.
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GlobalPost
May 26, 2016
There were protests for electoral reforms, but they weren't going on in this high school when police shot tear gas inside.
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WGBH News
May 26, 2016
When Cambodian Lt. Gen. Hun Manet visited Lowell, Massachusetts, protesters made it clear that he wasn’t welcome. Now some of those protesters say they’ve been getting retaliatory threats.
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PRI's The World
May 25, 2016
The newest Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada was a deputy of the former mullah who reportedly died in a recent US drone attack. Nothing in his murky past suggests he's ready to negotiate for peace anytime soon.
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PRI's The World
May 25, 2016
President Barack Obama is visiting Hiroshima, Japan, the first city to experience the effects of an atomic bomb. Put yourself into the shoes of those who suffered from the atomic bomb attacks in Japan: What if the Hiroshima atomic bomb hit your hometown?
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The Takeaway
May 25, 2016
The TSA is set up to stop yesterday's threats, instead of tomorrow's. This security and privacy expert says we could fix long airport lines with more money, or we could reform TSA for the real security situation.
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The Takeaway
July 02, 2015
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10/05/2015 - 9:45am
Not long after the shooting in Charleston, a US House of Representatives committee rejected a measure that would have allowed the CDC to conduct research into gun violence, leaving intact a ban pushed by the NRA back in the 1990s. That leads to odd gun violence reports that are not about guns.
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PRI's The World
September 03, 2015
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12/01/2015 - 9:00pm
While governments are grappling with a surge of refugees, these groups are working hard to help the people fleeing war and human rights abuses in Syria.
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PRI's The World
March 02, 2015
Uruguay President Jose "Pepe" Mujica stepped down this month from his presidency. The leader is famous for his humble lifestyle and his progressive agenda.
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Densho
February 23, 2016
Know your history: During World War II, Japanese Americans were imprisoned and, often, their homes were given to African American families. The housing policies created divisions, but also solidarity in movements for civil rights.
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The Takeaway
April 12, 2015
Research commissioned by the CDC in 1993 showed that gun owners faced higher risks for both homicides and suicides. But the NRA quickly moved to silence the studies — and make sure no other similar studies would get federal funding. They succeeded.
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The Takeaway
September 11, 2015
"I cannot deny people's grief," writes the host of the radio show The Takeaway, who works not that far from Ground Zero. "But I think the 9/11-ization of American life has been a kind of poison for all of us."
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PRI's The World
December 09, 2015
America has a history of imposing blanket bans on certain types of immigration. In the 1880s it was ethnic Chinese.
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PRI's The World
March 07, 2016
Air India's all-woman flights are aimed at encouraging young girls who have dreams of getting into the skies.
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PRI's The World
September 10, 2015
Refugees wanted to travel through Denmark to Sweden. So Danish drivers — and even the national railway — started offering free rides.
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Quietly, Congress extends a ban on CDC research on gun violence
The Takeaway
July 02, 2015
Updated
Not long after the shooting in Charleston, a US House of Representatives committee rejected a measure that would have allowed the CDC to conduct research into gun violence, leaving intact a ban pushed by the NRA back in the 1990s. That leads to odd gun violence reports that are not about guns.
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Gun owners face much higher murder risks, researchers said. Then the NRA silenced them.
The Takeaway
April 12, 2015
Research commissioned by the CDC in 1993 showed that gun owners faced higher risks for both homicides and suicides. But the NRA quickly moved to silence the studies — and make sure no other similar studies would get federal funding. They succeeded.
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A California statue stirs passions in South Korea and ire in Japan
PRI's The World
January 29, 2014
The Korean American community is standing by a new statue honoring thousands of "comfort women," or sex slaves, used by Japanese soldiers during World War II. Japanese conservatives say the statue has to go. And both sides are taking the issue to the White House.
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John Hockenberry: Why I'm done with the 9/11 ritual
The Takeaway
September 11, 2015
"I cannot deny people's grief," writes the host of the radio show The Takeaway, who works not that far from Ground Zero. "But I think the 9/11-ization of American life has been a kind of poison for all of us."
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Discussion: Why is citizenship so significant in the debate on immigration reform?
October 14, 2013
What makes the issue of citizenship so divisive? What does the “path to citizenship” look like now and what obstacles already exist for immigrants? What impact might the different plans have on this country? Join an online discussion.
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Jorge Ramos: Life under President Donald Trump
Univision
August 26, 2015
Univision and Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos got kicked out of a Donald Trump press conference in Iowa. This is what he wrote about Trump's proposed immigration plan before that even happened.
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So why aren't young Americans spooked by NSA surveillance?
PRI's The World
February 14, 2014
Around the world, revelations about NSA spying have caused outrage and protests. But not so much in the US. In fact, older Americans seem more worried than digitally plugged-in youth, whose electronic lives are being monitored. One researcher says young people don't seem so worried about the government acting as Big Brother.
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I used to think of Pakistan as my enemy, until I met someone from Pakistan
PRI's The World
May 05, 2014
Deepak Singh grew up in Lucknow, India, thinking Indians were the good guys and Pakistanis the bad guys. Now that he's moved to the United States and finally met people from Pakistan, he sees things differently.
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Can you name the five remaining communist countries in the world?
PRI's The World
December 10, 2013
If you know the five countries that still call themselves communist, can you say which one is hewing most closely to Marxist principles?
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Hispanic Idaho Congressman angers Latino voters by opposing path to citizenship
PRI's The World
September 27, 2013
Idaho Latinos have seen their hope for a champion of immigration reform dashed, as Congressman Raúl Labrador, a Puerto Rican-born former immigration attorney, turns his back on a pathway to citizenship.