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Legislators greenlight reforms giving more authority to Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, accused of stifling dissent., Legislators greenlight reforms giving more authority to Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, accused of stifling dissent. Legislators in Nicaragua have approved a constitutional amendment that will strengthen the power of longtime President Daniel Ortega,Continue Reading

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BAKU, Azerbaijan – COP29, the 29th United Nations’ “Conference of Parties” to the climate convention, convened this year in Azerbaijan, a small, authoritarian petrostate wedged between Russia and Iran on the shores of the Caspian Sea. The worsening climate catastrophe, fueled by the world’s centuries-long embrace of fossil fuels, demandsContinue Reading

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A full century ago, Americans witnessed the first mass uprising for reproductive rights: the birth control movement. My book,  The Icon and the Idealist: Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the Rivalry That Brought Birth Control to America, traces the rise and fall of that movement through a dual biography ofContinue Reading

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Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa and former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis discuss Big Tech in politics., UpFront Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa and former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis discuss Big Tech in politics. As President-elect Americas Worst Traitor picks his new government, Elon Musk, one of his mostContinue Reading