by Stuart Grudgings | 23 Mar 2020 | Climate change, Environment, Globalization, Health and Wellness, Nationalism, Technology
The coronavirus has turned life upside down for billions of people around the world. It’s bound to have a lasting impact once the pandemic subsides. Hikers maintain distance at Vista View Point, Los Angeles, 20 March 2020. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) The...
by Stuart Grudgings | 4 Jun 2019 | Asia, China, Decoders
The South China Sea has become one of the world’s most dangerous flash points. So far, the dispute has not resulted in military conflict. But it could. China and its Asian neighbors have been squabbling for decades over territorial claims to rocky outcrops and...
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by Stuart Grudgings | 12 Sep 2018 | Americas, Future of Democracy, Immigration, Refugees
By Stuart Grudgings The shaky video footage posted online is disturbing. As an angry mob throws clothes, bags and boxes onto a smoldering fire, the Brazilian man filming the scene unleashes a vitriolic attack on the Venezuelan refugees whose belongings are being...
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by Stuart Grudgings | 15 May 2018 | Asia, Discovery, Eyewitness, Islam
This is the first of two articles on the stunning return of Mahathir Mohamad to power in Malaysia and his unlikely renewed alliance with his protégé-turned-nemesis, Anwar Ibrahim. By Stuart Grudgings The first time I met Mahathir Mohamad at his office on the 86th...
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by Stuart Grudgings | 26 Feb 2018 | United States
By Stuart Grudgings Something has shifted in the United States since 17 people were shot and killed on Valentine’s Day at a Florida high school. The National Rifle Association (NRA) is on the defensive, its lock-tight grip on Republican politicians shaken by an...
