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Analysis + OpinionOctober 31, 2018Election insights: on reducing gun violenceJohn Tirman"A social movement to challenge America's reslient gun culture has rocked politics for the first time in a generation, and might shake up congressional complacency in the midterm elections." |
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Analysis + OpinionOctober 25, 2018President Reif, cut MIT’s ties to Saudi Arabia now!Lukas Wolters and Nicolas DumasThe TechThe Saudi regime targets and kills civilians in Yemen, oppresses and executes women and LGBTQ people, and assassinates journalists. MIT must not collaborate with them. |
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Analysis + OpinionOctober 23, 2018The price paid by journalists who break the cycle of repressionUna HajdariBoston GlobeThere is a special circle of hell reserved for journalists who “shame” their countries in the foreign press, writes Una Hajdari in an opinion piece in the Boston Globe. |
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News@E40October 22, 2018MIT ICC cultural resourcesYouTubeMISTI is promoting cross-cultural communication with the MIT International Coordinating Committee, communicating MIT’s cultural diversity on campus and across the world through video. |
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News ReleaseOctober 18, 2018MIT International Policy Lab (IPL) issues fourth call for proposals to faculty and researchersDan Pomeroy | International Policy Lab |
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In the NewsOctober 17, 2018Endorsement meetings at the Globe ahead of the 2018 midtermsUna Hajdari IWMFWith the mid-terms being around the corner, the Boston Globe editorial board organized meetings with people running for various offices to help decide Globe endorsements, and this year's Neuffer fellow, Una Hajdari, comments on the process. |
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News@E40October 15, 2018Starting new conversations about identity abroadMadeline Smith | Michelle EnglishMIT NewsNew MISTI programs provide a platform for student dialogue on diversity in international travel, study, and work. |
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News@E40October 12, 2018MIT-Germany and the University of Stuttgart extend cooperationLily KeyesMIT NewsRepresentatives from the MIT-Germany Program and the University of Stuttgart (USTUTT) recently came together to formally extend a strategic partnership first created in 2015. Collaboration extends opportunities for faculty seed funds, internship opportunities, and a Global Teaching Labs program through 2020. |
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In the NewsOctober 12, 2018North Korea weaponizes its deal with Trump to tangle talksChoe Sang-HunThe New York TimesMr. Kim “has mastered the art of milking a single cosmetic concession for months,” Vipin Narang, said on Twitter this week. “Brilliantly selling the same horse twice.” |
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Analysis + OpinionOctober 12, 2018Why ethnic nationalism still rules Bosnia, and why it could get worseUna Hajdari and Michael ColborneThe NationFrom Donald Trump to Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro, nationalism seems to have become the mainstay of political rhetoric everywhere these days. |