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February 20, 2024

Nigeria
A Tragedy Sixty-Four Years in the Making

The crisis in Nigeria offers a rare opportunity to rethink the moral foundations of the Nigerian state.

Members of the Nigerian Labor Union march during a protest against fuel price hikes and rising costs, in Abuja, Nigeria on August 2, 2023.

May 5, 2023

Peru
Women This Week: Gender Based-Violence Escalating in Peru

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers April 29 to May 5.   

Protest to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Lima

February 11, 2022

Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: Muslim Students Protest Hijab Ban in Karnataka, India

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers February 5 to February 11. 

DOCUMENT DATE: February 09, 2022 A Muslim student shouts slogans as she takes part in a protest against the recent hijab ban in few colleges of Karnataka state, in Kolkata, India, February 9, 2022.

May 31, 2011

Economics
Mexico’s Corrosive Corruption

Mexico City traffic police inspect driving documents (Daniel Aguilar / Courtesy Reuters). Nearing Mexico City’s airport on my way to Oaxaca with my husband and brother-in-law a few years back, we ha…

Mexico City traffic police inspect driving documents (Daniel Aguilar / Courtesy Reuters).

April 22, 2011

Immigration and Migration
The Way Mexicans View the World

Fireworks over Mexico City's Zocalo during its bicentennial anniversary of independence in September 2010 (Daniel Aguilar/Courtesy Reuters). Mexico’s Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, o…

Fireworks over Mexico City’s Zocalo during its bicentennial anniversary of independence in September 2010 (Courtesy Daniel Aguilar/Reuters).