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That’s fundamentally what the 2024 election is about. But even though Romney appears to agree with Biden about the existential danger of another Trump presidency, he, like many others, seems worried that when it comes to the future of American self-government, a cynical and exhausted populace can’t be made to care. This fear could easily […]
Aboard HMCS Ottawa CNN — A nighttime transit through the Taiwan Strait is a test of nerves, seamanship and political awareness in an environment where a slight miscalculation could potentially lead to an international conflict. It’s the first night in November. It’s dark – ink black before the moonrise – and Royal Canadian Navy Cmdr. […]
Aboard HMCS Ottawa CNN — A nighttime transit through the Taiwan Strait is a test of nerves, seamanship and political awareness in an environment where a slight miscalculation could potentially lead to an international conflict. It’s the first night in November. It’s dark – ink black before the moonrise – and Royal Canadian Navy Cmdr. […]
This First Person article is written by Cecily Erzuah, a diversity and social justice student in Prince Edward Island. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I was 18 years old when I became self-conscious about being Black for the first time in my life. I had moved to Canada […]
By Robert Plummer BBC News 13 minutes ago Image caption, It’s hard to escape the US dollar in Argentina Argentina’s peso could soon be a thing of the past. In some ways, it’s surprising no-one has suggested it before. Argentines are reckoned to hold more greenbacks than anywhere outside the US and hoarding . . […]
By Julie Hessler ’85 With research and creative endeavors spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics, ninety members of the Class of 2023 completed honors projects. What did we learn from this year’s honors projects? Here are edited abstracts from twelve projects. Read the full abstracts of all of the Class of […]
I learned that every member of the American Embassy staff in Kyiv, led by our courageous and cleareyed ambassador, Bridget Brink, volunteered for the duty. They have been separated from their families and living for months on end in hotel rooms. They have the job of overseeing one of the largest U.S. assistance efforts since […]
Today marks three years since the murder of George Floyd. The slow-motion killing of a black man at the hands of a white police officer shook the world, and for good reason. What was unexpected was how the event catalysed a long-overdue conversation about racism in so many parts of the world and across so […]
With help from Nick Niedzwiadek. SPOTLIGHT ON STAR GARDEN: Dancers at a North Hollywood topless bar voted to be represented by Actors’ Equity Association last week, setting them up to be the only unionized strippers in the U.S., according to the union. But beyond the
Thirty years ago, this month, black teenager Stephen Lawrence was murdered by racist thugs in South East London. It became an international cause célèbre after, as founder of the Anti-Racist Alliance, I was able to introduce Nelson Mandela, former South African president and anti-apartheid activist, to Stephen’s parents Doreen and Neville Lawrence. Before that, political […]