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October 29, 2024

Election 2024
Misogynoir in Today’s America: Exploring the History of the Racist, Sexist Attacks on Kamala Harris

In what ways are sexist and racist tropes being used by the Trump campaign to characterize Harris in the presidential election?

A cardboard cut-out of Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris stands in the window of the offices of the Indiana County Democrats, ahead of a campaign rally with Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 23, 2024.

February 13, 2024

Pakistan
Imran Khan Denied (But Perhaps Not Forever): Pakistan’s Other Parties Form a Weak Coalition Government

Pakistan faces uncertainty as a fragile coalition, led by Shehbaz Sharif and reluctantly backed by the PPP, attempts to maintain control of parliament and stifle Imran Khan's PTI following recent ele…

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), addresses a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 13, 2024.

March 18, 2021

Heads of State and Government
John Magufuli, Tanzania’s COVID-Denying President, Dies

Vice President Samia Suluhu, announcing President John Magufuli’s death yesterday, said the president died from a heart condition, and that he had been treated at two different hospitals in Dar es Salaam.

A copy of the Tanzanian newspaper "The Citizen," with the headline "Nation mourns," shows a picture of recently deceased President John Magufuli after his death was announced yesterday. In the bottom left, a picture of soon-to-be-president Samia Suluhu.

October 29, 2024

Lebanon
What Is Hezbollah?

The Iran-backed Shiite militia was considered the most powerful non-state group in the Middle East, but an Israeli military campaign against Hezbollah in 2024 has considerably weakened it.

 A man bearing a Hezbollah flag leads ranks of militants through Beirut’s southern suburb.

October 11, 2018

Democratic Republic of Congo
Champions for Change: Dr. Denis Mukwege

Champions for Change is a series highlighting male allies working to advance equality across the globe. In this post, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege describes what inspired him to start…

Dr. Denis Mukwege receives the Hillary R. Clinton Award for Advancing Women in Peace and Security, February 2014.

November 29, 2012

United States
Ten Whats With...Gregory D. Johnsen

Gregory D. Johnsen is a former Fulbright fellow in Yemen and currently a PhD candidate in Near Eastern studies at Princeton University. He is the author of The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda, and Ameri…

Yemen