After years of tension, UK official visits Hong Kong 2023
The United Kingdom will not “duck” its historic duties to the people living in its former colony while also engaging with China in areas in...
Politics Over Karnataka Hate Speech Ban 2023
The Karnataka Congress manifesto banned organizations that “spread hatred against communities on grounds of religion or caste.” It linked the Peoples Front of India, banned...
Ohio has a deadline for changing its law 2023
This week, the politically divided Ohio House must act on a Republican-led proposal to make it tougher to modify the state constitution. Republican Secretary of...
The Iran nuclear agreement worked 2023
In summer 2015, the nation debated Iran diplomacy. I participated in a town hall discussion hosted by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries in Brooklyn to discuss the...
Young Radicals are upsetting Thai Politics 2023
A tiny group of volunteers are frantically packing flyers in a small shophouse in one of Bangkok’s unremarkable outlying suburbs in preparation for the daily...
“Brutal interference”: China’s tabloids circulate criticism of South Korea 2023
China’s state-run Global Times lashed out at the South Korean embassy after it sent a letter criticizing the tabloid’s coverage of South Korean President Yoon...
Richard’s Disposal earns $5 million; Jason Williams goes national 2023
After last year’s service failures, Mayor LaToya Cantrell criticized Richard’s Disposal. “Cure” letters demanded improvements and threatened to rebid the contract. However, December’s service issues...
Inside the legislative abortion debate, as heard on the Under the Dome podcast 2023
On the most recent edition of Under the Dome, the political podcast produced by The News & Observer, for the week of May 8, 2023,...
Madison Cawthorn: US mass shootings and big gun numbers Unrelated 2023
After pleading guilty to a minor gun charge, a former Western North Carolina legislator who took a pistol to an international airport claimed he saw...
The Debt Limit Battle 2023
It’s hard to comprehend, but Congress may not raise the debt ceiling. That might lead to a June U.S. debt default. Since it’s unprecedented, nobody...