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Georgia’s Separate and Unequal Special-Education System

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Rachel Aviv | October 1, 2018 Issue | The Newyorker A statewide network of schools for disabled students has trapped black children in neglect and isolation. Seth Murrell, a four-year-old boy with dreadlocks to his chin, moved with his family to Atlanta in the fall of 2015. On his first day at his new preschool, he cried the whole morning. He wouldn’t sit still in his … [Read more...] about Georgia’s Separate and Unequal Special-Education System

Zimbabwe: troubled nation now faces tough foreign policy choices

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Stephen Chan | October 3, 2018  The Conversation The toxic presidency of Mugabe may be over, but the new Zimbabwean government of Emmerson Mnangagwa must quickly make some hard foreign policy decisions if it is to change the country’s fortunes. For so far no major foreign power has undertaken to relieve in any significant way the country’s economic distress. Although … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe: troubled nation now faces tough foreign policy choices

Ethiopia to Mauritius: how will Africa match jobs to its population boom?

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Peter Beaumont in Port Louis and Tom Gardner in Addis Ababa | Thu 27 Sep 2018 | The Guardian As Africa seeks new ways to tackle high debt, low pay and inequality, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz believes two countries offer an alternative to the ‘Asian tiger’ model There’s a speech that the Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has been taking around African … [Read more...] about Ethiopia to Mauritius: how will Africa match jobs to its population boom?

ኢሰያስ ኣፈወርቂ ንጥቕሚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ይሰርሕ የለን፣

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ኣቶ መስፍን ሓጎስ | በየነ ሰመረ - ኤስ. ቃለመሕትት ምስ ተጋዳላይ መስፍን ሓጎስ፡ Interview with Veteran Mesfin Hagos (Radio SBS: on 19 and 21 July 2018 & Radio Erena: on 26 July 2018) ኣብ ህሉው ኩነታት ሃገርና፡ ኩነታት ሰላም ኣብ መንጎ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን፡ ምስ ሕሉፍ ተመኩሮኡ ብምዝማድ ንተኻታተልቲ ኣካፊሉ ኣሎ። ብጠለብ ናይ ዝተፈላለዩ ተኻታተልቲ፡ ኣገዳስነቱ ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው ኣብ ሓደ ጠሚርና ኣቕሪብናዮ ኣሎና። ኩሉ ኣብዚ ቃለመጠይቓት እዚ ቀሪቡ ዘሎ፡ ካብ መደባት ናይ ራድዮ ኤስቢኤስ (ትግርኛ) ከምኡ'ውን … [Read more...] about ኢሰያስ ኣፈወርቂ ንጥቕሚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ይሰርሕ የለን፣

Showdown: SA takes on the US for cheaper drugs

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Laura Lopez Gonzalez | 28 Sep 2018 | Mail & Guardian When the US went to bat for Big Pharma in the fight against this killer disease, South Africa wasn’t having any of it. Here’s what happened next. Graveyard cough, white plague, consumption. A killer by any name, TB has stalked the human race for aeons, lurking in crowded tenements or following miners deep … [Read more...] about Showdown: SA takes on the US for cheaper drugs