Yearly Archives: 2018

California? Or Cali-Three-Nia? Proposal To Split State Will Be On Ballot In November

Enlarge this image The California State flag flies beside a sign for Los Angeles’ sister city Split outside City Hall, in LA in 2017. A proposal to divide the state into three will be on the ballot in California in November. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images A proposal to divide California into three separate states …

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Iranians Wonder: Why Won’t Trump Talk to Us?

Actually, President Trump has said he would. It’s Iran’s clerical leaders who, as a matter of ideology and pride, would never consider a summit meeting with the president.

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Fiction: The Merman of Her Dreams

In Melissa Broder’s novel, “The Pisces,” a depressed graduate student meets her fairy-tale prince — who happens to be half fish.

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Freeing Migration from Populist Myths: Geneva Hosts Public Debate about Modern Migration

IOM Deputy Director General Ambassador Laura Thompson (Left) and UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Volker Türk (right). Photo: IOM By Kamyar Kompani and Vanessa Okoth-ObboJun 13 2018 (IOM) Following a tragic week, during which at least 148 migrants lost their lives in two separate sea incidents off the coasts of Tunisia and Yemen, IOM Deputy Director General Ambassador Laura …

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