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Jenin, Israel, America
Jenin, Israel, America by Russell Vandenbroucke 710 words This year’s celebrations of American independence straddled Israel’s most intense airstrikes on Palestinians in nearly two decades. Amidst Fourth of July parades and picnics, Americans may have barely noticed what happened far away in a region beset by generations of violence. Assuming they noticed at all, Americans might
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Listening to Oppenheimer, Seven Decades Later
Listening to Oppenheimer, Seven Decades Later by Robert C. Koehler 934 words A mere 55 years after his death, the U.S. government has restored J. Robert Oppenheimer’s security clearance, which the Atomic Energy Commission had taken away from him in 1954, declaring him to be not simply a communist but, in all likelihood, a Soviet
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Assessing Treasury Secretary Yellen’s Beijing Journey
Assessing Treasury Secretary Yellen’s Beijing Journey by Mel Gurtov 710 words “I believe that my bilateral meetings — which totaled about 10 hours over two days — served as a step forward in our effort to put the U.S.-China relationship on surer footing,” Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen said in a press briefing in