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SAMPATH: Angela Merkel, populism in Germany and abroad

SAMPATH: Angela Merkel, populism in Germany and abroad

Namu Sampath September 27, 2017

Imagine a leader who really cares about all of their citizens — one who actually knows what they’re doing. This is what Germany got when they re-elected Angela Merkel last week for her fourth consecutive...

STROINSKI: Leave North Korea alone

STROINSKI: Leave North Korea alone

Anna Stroinski April 18, 2017

Let's be honest — our relationship with North Korea has never, ever been good and we are unfortunately at fault for some of that. Now, don't get me wrong, North Korea is an abusive totalitarian state...

HAGERTY: “Man, I feel like a woman”

HAGERTY: “Man, I feel like a woman”

Grace Hagerty March 20, 2017

Like many other ambitious young women, I hope to enter a field dominated by men. But it’s more daunting than I anticipated. I love writing and politics, so if I could make a career out of doing political...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the crowd on the day before the election in Manchester, New Hampshire. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

EDITORIAL: Trump is Person of the Year, but should he?

Editors December 8, 2016

Sometimes there are two choices in a given situation. The first is clearly the “right” decision, characterized just by evidence, clear criteria and an overarching acceptance. The second is perhaps...

YANK-JACOBS: Turkey and European Union deal puts politics before refugees

YANK-JACOBS: Turkey and European Union deal puts politics before refugees

Kobe Yank-Jacobs March 22, 2016

In 2015, 850,000 Syrian refugees gained access to Greece, and thereby Europe, via the Aegean Sea, according to The Guardian. Under immense political pressure to quell the refugee flow, European Union leaders...

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