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Aug- 2019 -9 AugustBlog
Summer Finale: War Zone: America
The War Zone in Our Backyard Now, that’s a stunning statistic. More gun deaths in the US than in Afghanistan…
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2 AugustBlog
2008 Redux?
How is “America First” doing? Well, it’s prompted the US Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this week, a quarter…
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Jul- 2019 -19 JulyFP Interrupted
Persist
Before we dive into this week’s headlines, we want to, once again, scream. And, yet, our voices are hoarse, depleted…
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12 JulyBlog
Humanity First: The Summer Edition
Sum-sum-summah time edition! We’re scaling back over the next few weeks, giving you a smash up of the Quick Take…
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Jun- 2019 -28 JuneBlog
All eyes on G20 👀
The Quick Take A quick look at the headlines this week 👀🏃🏻♀️ G20: The leaders of the world’s strongest economies meet…
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21 JuneBlog
Bombs Away!
The Quick Take A quick look at the headlines this week 👀🏃🏻♀️ A lot happened… so it’s a long quick take……
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14 JuneFP Interrupted
System Failure
The Quick Take A quick look at the headlines this week 👀🏃🏻♀️ Hong Kong: Last Sunday, in Hong Kong, about one…
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7 JuneFP Interrupted
Remember?
The Quick Take A quick look at the headlines this week 👀🏃🏻♀️ China: The world commemorated the 30th anniversary of the…
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May- 2019 -31 MayBlog
Stayin’ Alive: How are governments doing it?
The Quick Take A quick look at the headlines this week 👀🏃🏻♀️ EU parliamentary elections: Citizens across 28 European countries cast…
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17 MayBlog
The Oh-Snap Edition: My Tariffs Are Bigger Than Yours
The Quick Take A quick look at the headlines this week 👀🏃🏻♀️ Trade: U.S.-China trade talks ended without a deal. As promised,…
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10 MayBlog
Foreign Fight Club: The World Is Out of Order
The Quick Take A quick look at the headlines this week 👀🏃🏻♀️ War time? Citing threats from Iran, the White House announced…
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3 MayFP Interrupted
Venezuela, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and China on our minds
The Quick Take A quick look at the headlines this week 👀🏃🏻♀️ Venezuela: On April 30, Juan Guaidó, Venezuela’s opposition leader, announced Operación Libertad,…
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Apr- 2019 -26 AprilBlog
Stop the Madness: The F*U Issue
The Quick Take A quick look at the headlines this week 👀🏃🏻♀️ Sri Lanka: Suicide bombers descended upon churches in separate cities…
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12 AprilFP Interrupted
Bashir, Bibi, and the bearded one (Assange)
The Quick Take A quick look at the headlines this week 👀🏃🏻♀️ Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu won a fifth term, as rival…
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5 AprilBlog
What are friends for? NATO at 70.
The Quick Take A quick look at the headlines this week 👀🏃🏻♀️ Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development…
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Mar- 2019 -29 MarchBlog
Elections: Democratic or Authoritarian Tool?
The Quick Take A quick look at the headlines this week 👀🏃🏻♀️ This week on “the Brexit” — the British Parliament voted…
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22 MarchBlog
Silence = Death
The Quick Take A quick look at the headlines this week 👀🏃🏻♀️ A white supremacist gunned down 50 people in a mosque…
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15 MarchNewsletter
Brexit Breakdown
Unlucky. That’s how March 15 is known. Beware the ides of March. William Shakespeare coined that now famous term in Julius…
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8 MarchBlog
Women and Power
It’s International Women’s Day, in Women’s History Month. Let’s celebrate women! Indeed. But let us also be cognizant that the celebration…
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1 MarchFP Interrupted
Back to Reality
Seems the honeymoon is over. Back in June, Trump and North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un were all smiles and…
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