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In the name of fighting radical Islam, Indian troops have gone to war with civilians.
Brexit is an episode in the long contest between rulers and the working class.
When your father is trans, memoir is both personal and political.
Government has always played an outsize role in creating jobs—and still can.
Dilma Rousseff's impeachment circumvented the democratic process.
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