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Clay Jones on the Yemen attacks, a warmer day, Neolithic Orkney, Carhenge in Nebraska, Benjamin Constant on liberty.

'The Cuban Revolution; that is, the long tyranny of Castro and his henchmen and their successors, was made possible, among other things, by their cunning emphasis on pitting justice again freedom'.

-OpEd-PARIS — In the sometimes cacophonous concert of demands from France's "yellow vests' protest movement, one measure keeps coming back: the Référendum d'initiative citoyenne (RIC), or "Citizens' Initiative Referendum," which allows individual citizens to submit a legislative text to a popular vo...

Becca Rothfeld speaks with Samuel Moyn about his book Liberalism Against Itself and why liberalism is in crisis.

The promise of an exclusive university for the Indigenous peoples of the Upper Solimões region, in Brazil’s Amazonas state, persuaded leaders from at least six territories to sign pre-contracts with Colombian companies to generate carbon credits. However, the company has not complied with guidelines of the National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples (FUNAI) and recommendations of […]

Why an intriguing recent experiment in deliberative democracy suggests we can scale it up and make use of it.

Kingspan’s dedicated innovation center, IKON, hosted a panel of experts to discuss some of the key issues around sustainability and explore solutions.

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The Amazonian capital of Manaus is in crisis, with the second worst air quality in the world and rivers at the lowest levels in 121 years.