“The first draft of history is always going to be very messy.” — Michela Wrong Human life originated in Africa, and humanity’s future will be...
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Mirabilis annus secundus
“The second part of the second years prodigies being a true additional collection of many strange signs and apparitions which have this last year...
Fixing what’s broken
Is democracy in trouble? The evidence so far this year is troubling: January 6th in Washington, coup in Myanmar, widening arrests in Hong Kong,...
Teach Your Children Well
“Malala Fund has a very, very simple philosophy…the right of every citizen to have 12 years of safe, quality, and free education available to them.”...
‘The Fortune You Seek is in Another Cookie’
“If China can rise smoothly to the top of the world without firing a single bullet, it will certainly be able to claim the moral high ground. This...
For Every Child
“I do fear we will look back on the disruption caused by the pandemic on children's education—which has been at unprecedented scale, length and...
Social Media, Social Discord
“What we've seen happening is the acceleration of the spread of hate, based on political leadership, on political conversation, on groups who have...
Fighting for Democracy
“The Hungarian illiberal regime…is extremely cynical. So in that sense, anything can be put on the agenda and at any given day, just the exact...
¿QUÉ PASA CUANDO LA DEMOCRACIA MUERE?
“Venezuela se ha convertido en una amenaza para la seguridad, la estabilidad y la democracia del hemisferio”. “Creo que cualquier opción… es...