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Windrush Generation Arrived From 1948 — City of Westminster Green Plaque at Paddington Station. Photo by Spudgun67 via Wikimedia Commons(CC BY-SA 4.0). June 22 is Windrush Day in the United Kingdom, and it marks the contributions of hundreds of Black Caribbean economic migrants who began arriving on the HMT Empire Windrush in 1948. Those contributions, however, were rife with struggle. West Indians who came to the “mother country” were met with less than a warm welcome, not simply from the weather, but from white Brits who opposed this budding multiracial society. Despite promises of economic ...
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The Host Julie RovnerKFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z,” now in its third edition. The presidential election is less than five months away, and while abortion is the only health policy issue expected to play a leading role, others are likely to be raised in the presidential and down-ballot races. This election coul...
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The Host Julie RovnerKFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z,” now in its third edition. The presidential election is less than five months away, and while abortion is the only health policy issue expected to play a leading role, others are likely to be raised in the presidential and down-ballot races. This election coul...
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Illustration of candidate Trump on the left with a tattoo of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and “I love Milei,” in reference to the Argentine president, and candidate Biden on the right with a tattoo of his campaign logo “Latinos con Biden.” Image from CONNECTAS, used with permission. Story written by Leonardo Olivafor CONNECTAS. Edited and republished on Global Voices according to a media agreement. “In Trump’s four-year term we had great international politics, no wars, unemployment or inflation, and we were self-sufficient in oil,” said Argentinian dentist Ecio Pozzi, 47, who emigrated t...
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No: Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill, H.B. 71, on Wednesday requiring all public schools in the state to display a poster of the Ten Commandments in each classroom. The Commandments must be, per the text of the bill, in "large, easily readable font," and they will be displayed at every level of schooling, including at public universities. "If you want to respect the rule of law," Landry said recently, per National Review, "you've got to start from the original law giver, which was Moses." Landry also said that he "can't wait to be sued" over this. Landry may be trying to gar...
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‘Data trap,’ XKCD comics by Randall Munroe, (CC BY-NC 2.5). Just as ancient rulers gathered information for strategic gains, modern campaigns use vast datasets to target voters and secure victories, emphasizing data’s crucial role. The age of data might seem like a modern concept, but the notion of using information for political advantage has a long history. In ancient India, between the 2nd century BCE and the 3rd century CE, the treatise “The Arthashastra” was composed, and is often regarded as a foundational work on statecraft. This text delves deep into the art of governance, political sc...
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Launching of Maia Sandu's election campaign, 2020. Photo_(cropped).jpg) by [Gikü](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gik%C3%BC) via [Wikipedia](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maia_Sandu#)\. [Public domain](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en)\. As the presidential elections in Moldova draw closer, discussions about a unifying opposition candidate are increasing on the Moldovan political scene. Parties are forming blocs, holding meetings, and making proposals, trying to come to an agreement “against Sandu,” the current president of Moldova. NewsMaker published an artic...
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Montage of an image of Claudia Sheinbaum with the colors of the Mexican flag. Photo from Wikipedia licensed under CC BY 2.0. On Sunday, June 2, Mexico elected Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo as the first woman president of Mexico with a coalition of leftist parties following the political line of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). The Fourth Transformation (4T) project built AMLO's image — so his successor must shine on her own merits. What was it that Claudia Sheinbaum did to escape the shadow of the man who marked a before and after in Mexican politics? A greener capitalIn 2018, Claudia S...
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Khally Diallo, member of the Mauritanian National Assembly. Photo used with permission. Although the Islamic Republic of Mauritania has mainly been under military rule since gaining its independence on November 28, 1960, Mauritanian politicians are determined to return it to civilian rule in the June 29, 2024, presidential elections. The Sahara desert encompasses the former French colony of Mauritania, and the Atlantic Ocean borders the west of the country, where the climate is less arid. Mauritania has only ever had two democratically-elected civilian presidents. These presidents include Mokt...
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Mauritanian flags. Screenshot of theAfrica24 YouTube channel In the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, seven candidates, including the country’s current president, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, will face each other in the first round of presidential elections on June 29, 2024. Ghazouani has been in power since August 2019. The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) announced the election date. Voters had until May 29, 2024, to register on the electoral roll. Out of a population of over 4 million, the number of voters at the 2019 presidential elections, which led to Mohamed Ould Ghazouani’s fi...
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