Institute Staff

The Institute of Current World Affairs shares past fellows’ work from the around the web.

Posts and Dispatches from Institute Staff:

• MSNBC: Shannon Sims on the burning of the Amazon
  Environmental groups attribute the record rates of incineration to increased deforestation under Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro....

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• Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on Trump’s incendiary influence
  Petty politics, not long-term strategy, directs the White House's relations with Tel Aviv. ...

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• Anthropology News: Amelia Frank-Vitale and Blanca Cordero on migrant accompaniment
  Mexico moves to criminalize aid to migrants. ...

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• The New York Times: Shannon Sims on the Florida Panhandle
  'The Emerald Coast' is a regional destination. ...

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• HuffPost: Eve Fairbanks on millennial nuns
  More young women are turning to religion. ...

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• Boston Public Radio: Carol Rose on El Paso
  When is hate speech protected by freedom of speech? ...

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• The Nation: Robbie Corey-Boulet on LGBT activist Marc Lambert Lamba
  The death of a pioneering LGBT activist in Cameroon. ...

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• THE CABLE PODCAST: The Kremlin cracks down
  A conversation with Karina Orlova....

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• Bloomberg: Ezra Fieser and Michael Deibert on Puerto Rico’s leadership crisis
  A would-be governor no longer wants the job....

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• Latino Rebels: Amelia Frank-Vitale and Juan José Martínez D’aubuisson on ethical reporting
  'In this story, Goliath vanquishes David and his body is abandoned in some ditch.'...

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