List of Leaders articles
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Police erect barricades in anticipation of a protest outside Twitter corporate headquarters in San Francisco on Jan. 11. Jan. 6 Changed Tech Forever
Silencing @realDonaldTrump was the easy part. Now the hard work begins.
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A man in a Donald Trump mask joins a Mariachi Band and an immigration rights activists rally in front of the White House on June 5, 2018 in Washington. Never Give Strongmen a Second Chance
Latin American history offers a clear lesson to the United States: Ban Donald Trump from running for election ever again.
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The headquarters of Danske Bank, under investigation for money laundering, in Copenhagen on Sept. 25, 2018. Biden Can’t Fight Corruption Without Help From Europe
To stop drug traffickers, criminals, and kleptocrats from laundering their loot, the United States and EU must join forces.
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Surrounded by fellow House Republican members, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on May 27 in Washington. The Future of Republican Foreign-Policy Making
What the growing post-Trump divide within the party means for its policy platform.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at a news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on March 19, 2019. Bolsonaro Is Following Trump’s Anti-Democracy Playbook
Brazil’s “Tropical Trump” is laying the groundwork to discredit his country’s electoral process.
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Gen. Lloyd Austin prepares to testify before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on Sept. 16, 2015. Now Is a Bad Time to Weaken Civilian Control Over the Military
Biden’s nomination of a retired general to head the Pentagon reinforces a dangerous trend. His confirmation must come with concrete safeguards.
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Farmers shout slogans as they depart for Delhi to participate in a continued demonstrations against the central government's recent agricultural reforms in Amritsar on Jan. 12. Why Did India’s Supreme Court Suspend Controversial Farm Laws Now?
Farmers say “pro-government” ruling doesn’t go far enough.
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The Asia Group chairman and CEO Kurt Campbell attends the China Development Forum in Beijing on March 23, 2019. Biden Makes His First Bold Move on Asia
The appointment of Kurt Campbell as Biden’s right hand on Asia will supercharge the incoming administration’s policy to counter China.
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A staff member positions an Iranian flag on a stage after a group picture during the Iran nuclear talks at Vienna International Centre in Austria on July 14, 2015. With Iran, Biden Can’t Let Perfect Be the Enemy of Good
Why any new agreement would likely be worse than resuscitating the existing deal.
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks to House chambers as Congress considers impeachment against Trump. Trump Impeached—Again
The U.S. president was impeached on charges of “incitement of insurrection” in a vote that laid bare deep divisions within the Republican Party over its post-Trump future.
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Donald Trump shouts at members of the media as he returns to the White House on October 3, 2019 in Washington. How to Know You’ve Lost Your Grip on Reason
Five warning signs that your political views no longer fulfill the most basic of democratic criteria.
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden Biden Can’t Make Washington a Beacon for Human Rights by Returning to Business as Usual
The world stepped up while the United States stepped back from defending human rights. The next U.S. president should join them.
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Members of the National Guard patrol outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on Jan 12. All the Capitol Rioters Should be Tracked Down
But not in ways that will only further entrench the surveillance state.
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Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump in Miami Miami’s Spanish-Language Media Is Overrun With Trumpist Conspiracies
Right-wing Cuban Americans believe they’re fighting U.S. communism.
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As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden exits after delivering remarks on the Trump administrations recent actions in Iran and Iraq in New York on Jan. 07, 2020. How Biden Can Help Prevent War on Iran—Right Now
Law and precedent bar the new administration from diplomacy before Inauguration Day. But that doesn’t mean its hands are tied.
