People protest Donald Trump’s travel ban from Muslim majority countries at Los Angeles International Airport.
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Sari Hanfi, American University of Beirut
When politics of compassion are replaced by binary visions of the world, we – scholars, media and civil society – should be able to provide challenging tools in the migration debate.
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Politics + Society
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Luis Gómez Romero, University of Wollongong
US foreign relations have gone online. And the results are not looking good.
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David FitzGerald, University of California, San Diego; David Cook Martín, Grinnell College
This isn't the first time the US has banned people based on nationality. History shows these exclusions have put our national security at risk and caused rifts with foreign allies.
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Geoff Gilbert, University of Essex
On Holocaust Memorial Day, Donald Trump took to his desk to instruct his government to keep refugees out.
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Phil Orchard, The University of Queensland
The US resettlement program has long had strong bipartisan support. It is also critical to global resettlement efforts: the US takes in by far the most resettled refugees of any country.
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Salvador Vázquez del Mercado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
What's cooler than standing up to a bully?
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Health + Medicine
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Bohdan Nosyk, Simon Fraser University
Thanks to universal testing and easy access to treatment, the Canadian province of British Columbia has seen a major decease in HIV-related mortality.
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Science + Technology
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Jill Stuart, London School of Economics and Political Science
The Outer Space Treaty, now 50 years old, has so far never been violated. But things could be about to change.
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