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Slavoj Žižek, philosopher: ‘Wisdom is what I hate most, it is absolute conformist stupidity’
The Slovenian thinker, always controversial and politically incorrect, believes the good old days of liberal social democracy ...
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The other side of Punta Cana: Haitian women raped to avoid deportation and children forced to leave school
The escalation of immigration measures against Haitians in the Dominican Republic is exacerbating the human rights crisis.
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Catherine Russell, UNICEF’s executive director: ‘Cuts in international aid will have an impact on children; there’s no way around it’
The head of the UN children’s agency warns of a critical moment, due to more global conflicts and fewer resources for ...
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Life in Bogotá’s ‘pagadiarios’: Where $2 rent buys a night of shelter and little else
More than 14,000 people living in extreme poverty struggle to secure enough money to guarantee a roof over their heads ...
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Lisa Randall, the theoretical physicist nominated for a Nobel Prize who wrote an opera about the fifth dimension
The professor at Harvard and researcher of other dimensions is one of the scientists who has raised her voice against Trump’s ...
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Spain, the only major European country to extradite people to China despite the ‘generalized violence’ in its prisons
No other major European state has deported anyone wanted by Beijing since the Court of Human Rights banned Poland from ...
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The artistic movement that anticipated the algorithm
An exhibition at London’s Tate Modern revisits the story of the pioneers who used science, technology, and innovation to ...
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Do we need publicly-owned social networks to escape Silicon Valley?
A state-run social media network could become an alternative to Twitter or Facebook, but it could also pose a risk to our ...
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Spike Lee: ‘I don’t know how we can talk about American values considering who the president is’
The legendary director presented ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ at the Cannes Film Festival. Starring Denzel Washington, it’s a vibrant retelling of Akira Kurosawa’s classic ‘High and Low’ ...