The ex-president ivan duke was present on Tuesday night at the launch of the book ‘Duque, su Presidency’, edited by Villegas editores. In his speech he spoke about current issues that have generated debates in public opinion. Among them, he made reference to the pension reform that the Government of President Gustavo Petro seeks to …
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Overview of Ethiopian Politics Africans have always complained that their resources are looted by colonial powers (in the past), neo-liberal businesses, and domestic embezzlers, among others. In Ethiopia, both history and current affairs inform us that political resentments and politics of lamentation have its root and causation in resource grabs and recourse embezzlement. Ethiopia still proclaims under its constitution that land and other natural resource belong to the state. (1) The...
A group exhibition at the Americas Society investigates ideas of paradise, approaching the Caribbean region as a product of the visitor economy regime.
Because events were postponed due to the pandemic, the Arkansas Press Association didn’t get around to presenting its 2020 and 2021 Headliner of the Year awards until a banquet last month. The 2020 honoree was Gov. Asa Hutchinson for his daily communication at the onset of the pandemic. The 2021 recipient was Hunter Yurachek, the […]
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A study of political pundits appearing on US television discovered that they are more likely to be invited back by the TV station if they are wrong in their predictions than if they are right. One reason why the erroneous commentator is re-invited is because they are categorical in their opinions. They do not see the arrows pointing confusingly in different directions, something that real experts are all-too-prone to do. More
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A recent survey found 95% of young people now feel lonely, with more than half citing money as a key factor. When everything's expensive, and the public sphere has been deliberately decimated, it's no surprise. Across the various different forms of social isolation, what remains clear is that it almost always bears a direct relation to material circumstances. (Tara Moore / Getty Images) Last month, the Co-Op Foundation published new research which arrived at a not...
This 2022 election confirmed and solidified the fact that Alabama is a Ruby Red hardcore Republican state. Continue reading this post on our website.
Lindsay Morgan interviews Maggie Peters In a new episode from our friends at Talking Policy, UC Los Angeles
In a 2005 episode of The Office, Michael Scott, the office manager, requires his employees to choose an upside-down index card from a tray and place it on their forehead. The cards bear a racial or ethnic label—Black, Jewish, Italian, and so on—and Michael tells the employees to treat one another according to the label listed on the card and to “stir the melting pot” by playing to racial stereotypes. The scene, which ends with Michael getting slapped in the face, mocks corporate America’s...