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What’s next for the Wagner Group and its leader? How will African leaders assess their relationship with the mercenary group? What are the implications for Ukraine? Brookings Foreign Policy experts provide their thoughts on these questions and many more after this weekend’s tumultuous events in Russia.
“By casting the country’s political struggle as a form of cultural and spiritual Armageddon, Trump has made himself the dominant figure on the religious right. These voters love him for the enemies he has made and for his willingness to fight them ferociously. They seem in no mood to abandon him now that he stands in legal jeopardy,” write E.J. Dionne, Jr. and William A. Galston.
Access to contraception is fundamental to reproductive autonomy and economic mobility, but substantial out-of-pocket costs for contraception severely limit access for those without health insurance. Martha Bailey proposes changes to Title X—a national family planning program that offers reproductive health services for low-income individuals—to make it more affordable.
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