List of Society articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Did the Terrorists Win in Denmark?
The Danish editor who published the notorious Mohammed cartoons now says his newspaper stood by him in public while trying to silence him in private.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Facebook’s Free Basics Is an African Dictator’s Dream
The tech giant’s no-frills app gives governments a version of the internet they can influence, if not totally control.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 After 24 Years, I Am Leaving the Disaster Venezuela Has Become
And my heart grieves for my friends and neighbors, who are stuck there — for worse is yet to come.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Gleick’s ‘Information’: The key problem with innovation is grasping differences
One of the key problems of innovation, James Gleick notes in The Information, is that new things tend to be seen too much in the context of the old.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A book review of ‘War Virgin’
I read the new book, War Virgin, to see where fact separated from fiction.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Allah Wants ISIS to Retreat
The caliphate’s propagandists are digging through the Quran to prove that getting beaten back in Mosul doesn’t stray from the preordained plan.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Fewer Migrants Are Braving the Mediterranean, But More Than Ever Are Dying At Sea
Despite a dramatic decrease in sea crossings, migrants who do try are now much more likely to die.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Moment, This America
This election is revealing not only the greatness of democracy but the greatness of the American people. Now go vote.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 France Is Clearing Out the ‘Jungle’ in Calais, But What Comes Next?
It will take long-term solutions after the camp is shut down to rehouse many of the thousands of people who lived there.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Uzbek Mayor Is Publishing Names of Divorced Couples to Embarrass Them
This Uzbek mayor is threatening to publish names of couples who seek divorce.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 I ‘Went Back to China’ — and Felt More American Than Ever
Six years in Hong Kong showed me how deep racism runs in Asia’s world city.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Civilians in Mosul Face ‘Impossible Choice’
The Iraqi Army’s push to retake the northern city could trigger a vast humanitarian crisis and fuel the country’s deep sectarian divide.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Britain Will Pardon 65,000 Gay Men in Law Named for Famous Mathematician
Not all of them think a pardon is enough.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Just Counting the Dead in Syria Won’t Bring Them Justice
A full tally of the war’s horrific violence requires estimates, models, and sophisticated pattern analysis to understand who’s responsible and why.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Politics Are on Exhibit at Migration Museums, Not History
Museums around the world are now trying to teach the virtues of immigration. But their simplistic stories do citizens a disservice.