Politics
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'Support for abortion rights does not override partisanship'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
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Can the ANC win South Africa's pivotal 2024 election?
Under the radar Governing party on course to lose majority for first time since end of apartheid as 'economic chaos trumps nostalgia'
By Elliott Goat, The Week UK Published
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Texas GOP rejects ban on party members associating with neo-Nazis
Speed Read The state Republican Party's executive committee voted down a proposal to block constituents from linking up with people with 'pro-Nazi sympathies'
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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The next Supreme Court case could spell the end of Purdue Pharma
Talking Point The court is weighing in on a potential settlement involving the long-maligned company
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Is it time to do something about the Insurrection Act?
Today's big question New worries over an old law have prompted calls for legislative change ahead of Trump's potential return to office
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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'The bigger airlines get, the worse they become'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
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Florida GOP chair says prurient sex and rape allegations won't force him out
Speed Read Republicans are calling on Christian Ziegler, half of a Florida GOP power couple, to step down after a police report revealed a sexual battery allegation and a consensual threesome
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Remembering former US Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court
the explainer O'Connor played a pivotal role on the bench and was regarded as the one of the powerful women of her era
By Theara Coleman, The Week US Published
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What's Qatar's role in the Middle East conflict?
Today's Big Question Doha hosts both Hamas and a U.S. military base. That puts it at the center of the conflict in Gaza.
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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Alleged Sikh assassination plot rocks US-India relations
Talking Point By accusing an Indian government official of orchestrating an assassination attempt on a US citizen in New York, the Justice Department risks a diplomatic crisis between two superpower
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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'In Ukraine, sadly, promises are hard to keep'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
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Three-quarters of mosques in China have been altered or destroyed
Under the radar Chinese authorities step up Xi Jinping's "sinicization" policy by removing Islamic architecture
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Dublin riots: a blow to Ireland’s reputation
Talking Point Unrest shines a spotlight on Ireland's experience of mass migration
By The Week UK Published
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What role the Palestinian Authority could play in Gaza after the conflict
The Explainer Western diplomats are considering the PA returning to govern Gaza once the Israel-Hamas war ends
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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