Columnist Tienchi Martin-Liao writes on the ways that Beijing is dealing with the “problem” of its “low-end population” of migrant workers.
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The UNHCR estimates that over 500,000 Syrians will be in need of international refuge and resettlement in 2018.
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Tarik Günersel reflects on self-censorship and the Turkish concept of “imece,” a collaborative cooperation.
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Contrary to the colonialist perspective, democracy is not a foreign concept in Africa. Chalachew Tadesse describes the successful election of Somaliland’s new president.
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Dawn Lundy Martin reads from her newest collection, Good Stock, Strange Blood (Coffee House,2017).
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Major Jackson talks with Sampsonia Way to talk about how Philadelphia, like so many American cities, is changing, and how his own work has changed since his time there.
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Mark Doty looks back on life and poetry during and after the AIDS epidemic, and talks about his book-length essay, “Still Life with Oyster and Lemon.”
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