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Nicholas Schmidle to publish book on Virgin Galactic space program
New Yorker writer Nicholas Schmidle (ICWA fellow in Pakistan, 2006-2008) tells the story of the test pilots, engineers and visionaries behind Virgin Galactic’s campaign to build a space tourism company in his soon-to-be-released book Test Gods: Virgin Galactic and the Making of a Modern Astronaut. The Washington Post describes a previously unreported account of a
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Teen Vogue: Karina Piser on the community college crisis
Dropping enrollment during the pandemic is effectively closing a critical gateway for disadvantaged students.
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New York Magazine: Andrew Rice on reopening NJ schools
Affluent, liberal, suburban parents are demanding their children go back in school, now.
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New York Magazine: Pramila Jayapal on the Capitol assault
US Representative Jayapal speaks about surviving the siege with Rebecca Traister for The Cut.
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Slate: Gregory Feifer on Biden and Belarus
The Biden administration can score an easy win by ending Alexander Lukashenko's illegal reign, ICWA executive director Gregory Feifer says.
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The American Prospect: Jonathan Guyer on H.R. McMaster
President Trump’s former appointee has turned his time in the White House into profits.
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Foreign Affairs: Matt Chitwood on ending poverty in China
Beijing says it will wipe out poverty by the end of this year, but only when poverty is defined as extreme and rural.
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Foreign Affairs: Cheng Li on China’s hopes for a thaw
China feels cautiously optimistic President-elect Joe Biden can lower—or at least pause—fast-escalating tensions between the countries.
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LRB: Pooja Bhatia on Black liberation
Three books examine the enormous impact of the Haitian Revolution.
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Newslines: Neri Zilber on Mahmoud Abbas’s possible successor
Former top official Mohammed Dahlan's name is being floated as more flexible replacement for President Mahmoud Abbas.