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Whither the Nerd-Bully?

"Bill Gates was the monopolistic father figure who Silicon Valley’s young founders rebelled against—and, in so rebelling, became."

Africa: Liberia to Join 4th India-Africa Forum Summit

[Liberian Observer] Liberia and several African countries are set to join India for a major development and investment engagement as New Delhi prepares to host the Fourth India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS-IV), a high-level gathering aimed at strengthening strategic, economic and

Vietnam’s power bill hides a market economy lie

The proposal to gradually pass nearly 45 trillion dong (about US$1.8 billion) in accumulated losses from Vietnam Electricity (EVN) into future electricity prices reveals a deeper contradiction at the center of Hanoi’s economic strategy. For years, while Hanoi has persistently

Asia

Trump’s FEMA Is an Unnatural Disaster

FEMA is not all right. As the United States faces another summer of extreme weather exacerbated by climate change, the Federal Emergency Management Agency—which coordinates federal disaster response, relief, and preparedness—continues to shuffle through leadership a roster of

Gen Z but two centuries ago

A generation of young people with ‘full hearts in an empty world’ sought hope in the face of insurmountable malaise - by Emily Herring Read on Aeon

A Very Authoritarian Semiquincentennial Celebration

In another world with a better government in power, Americans might well have looked forward to an authentic celebration of the remarkable achievements of the American Revolution. In this world, under the Trump administration and the Republican rubber-stamp chorus in Congress,