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Migration, “For Whites Only”

At the end of the day, it is worth asking if the inscription, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty ought to come with a clarifying note: “whites only”.
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Rohingya and the Power of Naming

In the past week, my Facebook thread has been replete with posts about a group of people who until now has failed to make it to general public awareness: Rohingya.
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Against the War: The Mom Political Camp

What would happen if the interests that govern Colombia were those of the moms that have lost their children in the war?

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Judicial Corporatism

The integration proposal for the Judicial Government Council (CGJ, after its initials in Spanish), which would replace the discredited Judiciary Council, and which was approved in the seventh congressional debate, is slightly better than what was coming, but it continues to be very bad, as it does not consider that in the judicial government there ought to be independent, external voices beyond judges'.

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The Lottery of Bad Luck

Last Wednesday I left Bogotá by car towards Nocaima, a small town in western Cundinamarca.

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Chronicles of Deaths Foretold

The 83 deaths due to the landslide in Salgar were foretold and preventable. We knew three years ago that the river would overflow earlier rather than later.

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Rojas’ Return

Rojas Ríos' return seems to complicate the Constitutional Court's legitimacy. But past lessons from this crisis suggests otherwise.

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Black Lives at the United Nations

I would argue that not only the centrality of the issue at the UPR, but also the direct manner in which it was treated, is thanks to the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
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The Moment for Renewable Energy Has Arrived

With renewable energy governments can not only reduce environmental damage and the probability of environmental conflicts, but can also provide greater access to clean and cheaper energy both to marginalized and non-marginalized people.
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