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At 10-Year Mark, US And Allies Weigh Future Of Islamic State Mission

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Why America Is Buying Up The Premier League – And What It Means For The Future Of ‘Soccer’

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4 Ways AI Can Be Used And Abused In The 2024 Election, From Deepfakes To Foreign Interference

on October 16, 2024

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Presidential Elections Provide Opportunities To Teach About Power, Proportions And Percentages

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What Is Temporary Protected Status? A Global Migration Expert Explains Why The US Offers Some Foreign Nationals Temporary Protection

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Overseas US Voters Get Ignored By Political Campaigns − But Could Be Crucial Supporters

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US Warns Israel To Boost Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza Or Risk Losing Weapons Funding

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Socially Distanced Layout Of The World’s Oldest Cities Helped Early Civilization Evade Diseases

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Nollywood Review: "Girls Cot"

I’m not sure if I should say one is now hooked to Nigerian movies, the Nollywood and fourth-ranked movie industry on the Planet. I have been watching quite a lot lately but I do have a problem with the plots and the titles. They all seem to be the same. Like “Girls Cot” which marks the genuine return of Genevieve Nnaji after a long sabbatical. It has the same resemblance of Nollywood’s previous projects which much appears they have ran out of stories and better creative stuff. Nollywood should come out bold and start telling stories of human events and tragic moments of our time and beyond. Like Hollywood’s “Shindler’s List,” “We Were Soldiers,” “Pearl Harbor,” "Gangs of New York," “Platoon,” “Hotel Rwanda,” “The Pianist,” “The Holocaust,” “Flags of Our Fathers,” “Letters From Iwo Jima,” “Malcolm X,” “Amistad,” and many more films of that nature, it would be worthy of Nollywood to start producing movies in the same manner with scenes like “Blood on the Niger,” "Aba

What Does Springfield, Illinois, In 1908 Tell Us About Springfield, Ohio, In 2024?

Ida B. Wells was among the NAACP’s founders. Library of Congress BY JOSEPH PATRICK KELLY PROFESSOR OF LITERATURE AND DIRECTOR OF IRISH AND IRISH AMERICAN STUDIES, COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON Lying about Black people is nothing new in political campaigning. Despite the thorough debunking of false rumors that Haitian immigrants were eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio, former President Donald Trump and his GOP allies insist on repeating the lies. “If I have to create stories,” admitted JD Vance, Trump’s running mate , “that’s what I’m going to do.” While many political observers believe that these lies have, as The New York Times columnist Lydia Polgreen described, finally “ crossed a truly unacceptable line ,” in fact, white politicians have told brazen, fearmongering, racist lies about Black people for over the past 100 years. One of the more notorious lies occurred in 1908 in another Springfield, this one in Illinois. As a historian who studies the impact of racism on democracy , it

Columbus Who? Decolonizing The Calendar In Latin America

Decorations for ‘Día de la Raza,’ in the Monserrat neighborhood of Buenos Aires in 1929. Archivo General de la Nación/Wikimedia Commons BY ELENA JACKSON ALBARRAN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND GLOBAL AND INTERCULTURAL STUDIES, MIAMI UNIVERSITY This is the season of patriotism in Latin America as many countries commemorate their independence from colonial powers. From July to September, public plazas in countries from Mexico to Honduras and Chile fill with crowds dressed and painted in national colors, parades feature participants costumed as independence heroes, fireworks fill the skies, and schoolchildren reenact historical battles. Beneath these nationalist displays ripples an uneasy tide: the colonial legacies that still tie the Americas to their Iberian conquerors. And as the calendar turns to October, another holiday highlights similar tensions – Columbus Day. Since 1937, the U.S. has observed the holiday on the second Monday of the month, commemorating the explorer’s 1492 a

Nobel Economics Prize: How Colonial History Explains Why Strong Institutions Are Vital To A Country’s Prosperity – Expert Q&A

BY RENAUD FOUCARY SENIOR LECTURER IN ECONOMICS, LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL, LANCASTER UNIVERSITY This year’s Nobel memorial prize in economics has gone to Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and James Robinson of the University of Chicago for their work on why there are such vast differences in prosperity between nations. While announcing the award, Jakob Svensson, the chairman of the economics prize committee, said: “Reducing the huge differences in income between countries is one of our times’ greatest challenges”. The economists’ “groundbreaking research” has given us a “much deeper understanding of the root causes of why countries fail or succeed.” The award, which was established several decades after the original Nobel prizes in the 1960s, is technically known as the Sveriges Riksbank prize in economic sciences. The academics will share the award and its 11 million kroner (£810,000) cash prize. To explain their work and why

No Country Still Uses An Electoral College − Except The US

BY JOSHUA HOLZER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, WESTMINSTER COLLEGE The United States is the only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still lose the election. Thanks to the Electoral College, that has happened five times in the country’s history. The most recent examples are from 2000, when Al Gore won the popular vote but George W. Bush won the Electoral College after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling , and 2016, when Hillary Clinton got more votes nationwide than Donald Trump but lost in the Electoral College. The Founding Fathers did not invent the idea of an electoral college. Rather, they borrowed the concept from Europe , where it had been used to pick emperors for hundreds of years. As a scholar of presidential democracies around the world, I have studied how countries have used electoral colleges. None have been satisfied with the results. And except for the U.S., all have found other ways to choose their leaders. T

US Will Send A Missile Defense System And Troops To Run It To Israel To Aid Defense Against Iran

This image provided by the U.S. Air Force shows the U.S. Army Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) launching station prepared to load onto a 4th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster lll at Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb, 23, 2019. (Staff Sgt. Cory D. Payne/U.S. Air Force via AP) BY LOLITA C. BALDOR WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will send a T erminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel, along with the troops needed to operate it, the Pentagon said Sunday, even as Iran warned Washington to keep American military forces out of Israel. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin authorized the deployment of the THAAD battery at the direction of President Joe Biden. He said the system will help bolster Israel’s air defenses following Iran’s ballistic missile attacks on Israel in April and October. The delivery of the sophisticated missile defense system risks further inflaming the conflict in the Middle East despite widespre

Vatican Synod Is Opening The Door A Bit Wider For Catholic Women − But They’ve Been knocking For More Than 100 Years

Pope Francis poses with a group of women before a session of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican on Oct. 28, 2023. AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino BY CAROL E, HARRISON PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA In 2021, Sister Nathalie Becquart became the first woman to vote at any Vatican meeting when Pope Francis appointed her undersecretary to the synod, a gathering of bishops whose second session opened on Oct. 2, 2024. Becquart is, in the words of Catholic media, “ the synod’s face and voice ,” even “ a synodal icon .” She describes “synodality” as “like having a coffee together” – encouraging many Catholics to hope that their church will reimagine itself in less hierarchical ways. With her appointment, Cardinal Mario Grech, the synod’s secretary-general, remarked, “ A door has been opened .” Grech did not mention it, but Catholic women have been knocking on this door for over a century. Becquart and the synod’s 53 other female participants, both lay and religious, follow a

“The Ritual” Tells The Story Of Inglewood Educator Tedric Johnson

Inglewood Educator Tedric Johnson (Los Angeles Standard) BY JASON LEWIS LOS ANGELES, CA ( LOS ANGELES STANDARD ) -- The Spot SoDo Studios has produced a documentary on Inglewood educator Tedric Johnson, who taught Black and Latino boys at Morningside High School who many teachers did not want to deal with. Through the Schools with a Purpose program, Johnson took students who were considered trouble makers, and many of whom were in gangs, and turned them into positive and successful members of society. “Mr. J took who California deemed as the worst,” said Dominic Banks, owner of The Spot SoDo Studios and a former student of Johnson’s. “I had given up on school. My mindset was more of a hustling mindset, and I didn’t care. The first day that I had walked in Mr. Johnson’s class, that brother gave me the ‘Autobiography of Malcolm X,’ and he told me to read this. I opened up that book and it changed my life. I turned from being the kid that didn’t care to one of the top students in h

Medicare Vs. Medicare Advantage: Sales Pitches Are Often From Biased Sources, The Choices Can Be Overwhelming And Impartial Help Is Not Equally Available To All

AUTHORS: GRACE MCCORMACK POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER OF HEALTH POLICY AND ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MELISSA GARRIDO RESEARCH PROFESSOR, HEALTH LAW, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT BOSTON UMIVERSITY The 67 million Americans eligible for Medicare make an important decision every October: Should they make changes in their Medicare health insurance plans for the next calendar year? The decision is complicated . Medicare has an enormous variety of coverage options, with large and varying implications for people’s health and finances, both as beneficiaries and taxpayers. And the decision is consequential – some choices lock beneficiaries out of traditional Medicare. Beneficiaries choose an insurance plan when they turn 65 or become eligible based on qualifying chronic conditions or disabilities. After the initial sign-up , most beneficiaries can make changes only during the open enrollment period each fall. The 2024 open enrollment period , which runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, marks an

US Warns Israel To Boost Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza Or Risk Losing Weapons Funding

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a news conference during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Tang Chhin Sothy/Pool Photo via AP) BY LOLITA C. BALDOR, TARA COPP AND MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within the next 30 days or it could risk losing access to U.S. weapons funding. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned their Israeli counterparts in a letter dated Sunday that the changes must occur. The letter, which restates U.S. policy toward humanitarian aid and arms transfers, was sent amid deteriorating conditions in northern Gaza and an Israeli airstrike on a hospital tent site in central Gaza that killed at least four people and burned others. A similar letter that Blinken sent to Israeli officials in April led to more humanitarian assistance get

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: 2015: Leadership and Sins of Nd'Igbo

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: BIAFRA: Relative Discourses

I signed up because I had little experience in Africa, after having served in the United Nations forces in Congo. Also upset about what happened in Biafra and Czechoslovakia, I did not want to stand next to and just watch.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: INTERVIEW: JULIUS KPADUWA

The problems that confront Imo State are really not unique. It is the same problem that confronts almost every state in Nigeria, and it's one of economic development. The primary thing or my clear vision for the people of Imo State will be getting all the able-bodied men and women back to work, so that we can begin to have the quality of life that has so far eluded the people of Imo State.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Where We Met

But seeing a Nigeria headline on my screen it then occurred to him I must either be a Nigerian or perhaps a curious minded fellow who is reading to find out about the notorious Boko Haram, if they have captured more of their victims, or if there's an ongoing battle between the insurgents and the nation's security forces. Elevating my head up and starring at each other, I told him I was Igbo

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Otokoto Saga Interview

Now, the main question is about eleven year old Ikechukwu Anthony Okonkwo whose head was found dripping with blood with the convicted murderer Innocent Ekeanyanwu on a police tip-off inside a traveling commercial bus at Eziama in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: THE AMBROSE EHIRIM-CHIKA UNIGWE INTERVIEW

Every writer has to be able to live in the head of her characters. I had to make myself a blank blackboard for the characters to inscribe their lives on me. I had to wipe off that board every time a new character had to be created and totally surrender myself to that new character.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: INTERVIEW: THE SYLVESTER MENSAH STORY

The idea of writing a book had always engaged my thoughts based on reflections and the desire to share my experiences. The motivation was however triggered after reading the book of a gentleman l consider the busiest in Ghana, H. E. John Dramani Mahama

FROM THE ARCHIVES: INTERVIEW: DR. APOLLOS NWAUWA

Contrary to what many think, the Igbo Diaspora is not really a homogenous, coherent group. Like other ethnic nationalities in the USA, the Igbo Diaspora consists of peoples from all walks of life separated by everything and only united by the fact that they are all Igbo. Serious social class disparity exists between them; therefore, presenting a united front in influencing or engineering actions at home continues to be a challenge.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: INTERVIEW: OZO'S KENI SAINT GEORGE

It was indeed a very boisterous, purpose driven, well-to-do Royal family. I come from a lineage of Royals and a well groomed family unit. My Father, Chief George Ozuloke, was a Court Judge for all of 18 years. He was both a Christian and Animist. He had 7 wives of which my mother was the first. I went to St. Martins Primary School and later to a wonderful School – Abbot Secondary Grammar School in Ihiala, my town. I even did a stint in Ihiala Seminary trying to be a Catholic Priest

Sovereign National Conference: A Symposium

A sovereign nation is born when, out of civilization, any such populations of human assemblage pledge loyalty and confide their trust to a governing body which they elect to oversee to their security, welfare and yes, to their happiness. The ensuing system of governance thrives and becomes sustainable by the wishes of the people whose interests it caters for.

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Nchamere Nd'Igbo: Evidence of Anti-Igbo Pogrom

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Inside Nigeria's Fourth Republic: Nothing But A Messy 14 Years

In the fourteen years of said democracy, things that never happened in the past - the way it had now turned out - started happening at an alarming rate and spooky by its nature.......Click on image to read full story

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