Essay: Afghanistan’s future - the core issues at stake as Taliban sits down to negotiate ending 19-year war
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- KAWEH KAREMI
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- SHANE CLAIBORNE
With the US election less than two months away, SHANE CLAIBORNE, in an article first published by Religion News Service, says Christian voters are "desperately in need of a better political imagination" which is "wholly rooted in our faith"...

Essay: The complicated legacy of the Pilgrims is finally coming to light 400 years after they landed in Plymouth
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- PETER C MANCALL
In an article first published on The Conversation, US academic PETER C MANCALL looks at why the Pilgrim's voyage to Plymouth has such a prominent place in the story of America...

Essay: US punishes International Criminal Court for investigating potential war crimes in Afghanistan
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- SUSAN M AKRAM
International human rights lawyer SUSAN M AKRAM - in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at this week's announcement that the US would apply sanctions against members of the International Criminal Court...

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- KELLY BROWN DOUGLAS
In an article first published on Religion News Service, KELLY BROWN DOUGLAS, dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and author of 'Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God', says it's time for greater action on the issue of lethal police action...

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- JAMIE ATEN and KENT ANNAN
JAMIE ATEN, founder and executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College in the US, looks - in an article first published on Religion News Service - at how crises like Hurricane Katrina or the current COVID pandemic have revealed racial inequalities in the US...

Essay: Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, leaves office a diminished figure with an unfulfilled legacy
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- CRAIG MARK
CRAIG MARK, professor in the Faculty of International Studies at Kyoritsu Women's University, looks - in an article first published on The Conversation - at the legacy of Shinzo Abe following his resignation on Friday...

Essay: Hunger, lost income and increased anxiety - how coronavirus lockdowns put huge pressure on young people around the world
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- MARTA FAVARA, ALAN SÁNCHEZ, CATHERINE PORTER and DOUGLAS SCOTT
In an article first published on The Conversation, UK academics MARTA FAVARA, ALAN SÁNCHEZ, CATHERINE PORTER and DOUGLAS SCOTT report on the findings of a poll of 10,000 young people...
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