African Adventure
Curator Simon Njami on the enigmatic work of white South African artist Jane Alexander
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Big Father Is Watching
Kazakhstan’s homegrown media baroness
Read MoreBetting on Separation
How speculation on the Quebec referendum nearly ended in financial disaster
Read MoreFuneral March to Freedom
arlington—The American military anthem “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” describes an apocalyptic vision in which Christian soldiers become the sacrificial liberators of all mankind: “As He died to make …
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Equality in the Making
“I have come here for two days to see the vote on same-sex marriage, to bear witness to history…”
Read MoreTo Catch a Thief
Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, known to many in India as “the forest bandit,” was the target of a decades-long manhunt that saw him shot dead in Tamil Nadu in October 2004. …
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You and Whose Army?
Our last soldier in Cyprus
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The Rising Fall of the American Empire
Republican imperialism has left the US divided.
Can a United Nations initiative save America from itself?
Revenge of the Small
After a lifetime of two-party rule in Ottawa, the little guys are finally winning
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Poppy Fields Forever?
Booming opium production in Afghanistan is the latest—and potentially greatest—threat to the beleaguered country’s steps toward democracy.
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