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Religion and Anti-RacismAmbassador Reuben E. Brigety, adjunct senior fellow for African peace and security issues at CFR and vice chancellor and president at The University of the South, Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, PhD, senio…
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U.S. Temporary Foreign Worker Visa ProgramsThe United States has long accepted hundreds of thousands of foreign workers each year, but the Trump administration has blocked many of these visas as unemployment among the domestic labor force has skyrocketed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Belgium Begins to Confront Its Brutal Colonial Past in CongoBlack Lives Matter protests in France and the United Kingdom have intensified the domestic debate over their countries’ past colonialism and present racism. Demonstrators, numbering in the thousands,…
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How Remittances From Petit Senegal, a Diaspora Community in New York City, Build Wealth AbroadTareian King is an intern with CFR's Africa Program and a student at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. She is also the founder of Nolafrique, an e-commerce platform that enables ar…
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China’s Repression of Uighurs in XinjiangMore than a million Muslims have been arbitrarily detained in China’s Xinjiang region. The reeducation camps are just one part of the government’s crackdown on Uighurs.
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Reporting on Racial InequalityDanielle Kilgo, the John and Elizabeth Bates Cowles professor of journalism, diversity, and equality at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota, Twin Ci…
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Corporate Virtual Meeting: Trump, Immigration, and COVID-19The Trump administration has expanded immigration restrictions to suspend until the end of 2020 the issuance of most visas for foreign workers, including those for high-skilled employees and for intra-company transfers. Our panelists discuss the ramifications for business and U.S. competitiveness.
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Same-Sex Marriage: Global ComparisonsA growing number of countries are legalizing same-sex marriage amid a steady advance in rights for LGBTQ+ people, but opposition remains strong in many countries.
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Who Should Benefit From Private American and British Reparations for Slavery?The movement against anti-Black racism has made reparations an important element of the conversation on race relations, both in the United States and in Europe. Georgetown University in Washington…
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The U.S. Immigration DebateComprehensive immigration reform has eluded Congress for years, moving controversial policy decisions into the executive and judicial branches of government.
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Virtual Roundtable: Racial Inequities of COVID-19Drs. Lisa Cooper and Leana Wen discuss the racial inequities that exist in the health care field today and how that impacts the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The World Is Watching UsThe killing of George Floyd, the anti-racism protest movement that followed, and the Donald J. Trump administration’s response have shaken the United States and captivated the world. Why It Matters speaks with two foreign correspondents to understand how the protests are being understood abroad.
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Religion's Role in Social ChangeRuth Messinger, former president and current global ambassador of American Jewish World Service, Reverend Najuma Smith-Pollard, program manager of the University of Southern California’s Cecil Murray…
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George Floyd’s Murder Revives Anti-Colonialism in Western EuropeThe murder of George Floyd by a policeman and the ensuing protests against racism and police brutality in the United States have ignited similar protests in Europe. Large crowds, especially in the Un…
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Why African Nations Support U.S. Anti-Racism ProtestersThe U.S. protests following the police killing of George Floyd have spurred solidarity among many Africans, who have expressed widespread outrage against police brutality.