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Protests Erupt Across the United States

As cities burn during continuing protests over police violence, the police have responded with even more violence.

Leaders Can’t Lift Lockdowns Without Public Trust

Germany's reopening is working because Angela Merkel treats citizens like adults; China's is succeeding because people see results. In India, there's no trust—and little evidence of progress.

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Avtar Singh

Trump Scapegoats China and WHO—and Americans Will Suffer

The White House’s official narrative about the pandemic is contradicted by the facts—and creates new obstacles to stopping the virus.

Voice |

Laurie Garrett

America’s Race Problem Erupts Anew, Layered With Coronavirus Tensions

Rioting in the aftermath of another police-inflicted death—this time in one of the most prosperous U.S. cities—reveals how little progress has been made.

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Allison Carlson, Michael Hirsh

Darioush Bayandor

Darioush Bayandor is a Swiss Iranian historian, a former diplomat, and former U.N. official. His latest book, The Shah, the Islamic Revolution and the United States, was published in 2018.

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Rioters run in the streets of Tehran in August 1953.

Don’t Just Blame Washington for the 1953 Iran Coup

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Darioush Bayandor

November 21, 2019, 10:35 AM

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Don’t Just Blame Washington for the 1953 Iran Coup

Protests Erupt Across the United States

Leaders Can’t Lift Lockdowns Without Public Trust

Trump Scapegoats China and WHO—and Americans Will Suffer

America’s Race Problem Erupts Anew, Layered With Coronavirus Tensions

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