“We have learned, perhaps too late, that America’s system of government is not as strong as we once believed. It requires leaders not only to show courage, which is rare enough, but also to show courage at critical moments—and to be wise enough to know when those moments have arrived.” Robert Kagan argues that Senator Mitt Romney’s decision regarding the Supreme Court will be significant as American democracy hangs in the balance.
Are global banks helping to facilitate crime and corruption throughout the world? Matthew Collin reviews recent leaks of financial records showing how some of the biggest international banks have been engaged in pushing money around for corrupt individuals and illicit organizations, and what these records reveal about America’s tracking of financial crimes.
Though Black women make up 13% of the female population in the United States, they represent 20% of women killed by police and nearly 36% of those Black women are killed in their own homes. Despite this, Melissa Brown and Rashawn Ray find that the media and the public often bring more awareness to Black men’s experiences with police and the Black Lives Matter movement than the killings of Black women.
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