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How do progressive US political thinkers explain anti-black police discrimination in cities where the population and government are majority black?
There is a common narrative among progressive political and racial thinkers in the United States that all or almost all police departments are systematically racist in a way that does significant and serious harm to racial minorities, especially to…
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Why is there such a partisan divide on confidence in science in the US?
A study conducted by the Pew Research Center and published in February presents eight key findings on Americans’ confidence in science and their views on scientists’ role in society, drawn from a number of past surveys. Some of the findings show a…
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What events led to the 2020 North East Delhi riots?
This article from the BBC describes appalling violence in the Indian capital, which has led to a death toll of 27 at the time of writing.
The article mentions that the spark that ignited the riots was a controversial citizenship law, protests…
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Why do Muslim refugees seek asylum in Europe and not in rich countries in the Middle East?
There are several rich "Muslim" states in Middle East: Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain and so on. It seems that none of them want to receive Syrian, Iraqi, North African and other Muslim refugees.
Besides sectarian reasons, if any, why do Muslim…
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Why is Bernie Sanders maximum accepted donation on actblue $5600?
Check here and try to enter a number higher than $5600.
I know this question might be oddly specific, but i have no idea why it would be such an odd number, and not just $5000.
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Why are right-wing politicians in the US typically pro-Israel?
In my understanding, generally, right-wing politicians are hard on immigration and foreign people in general. This typically goes well with anti-semitism, too. (See Nazis / Neo-Nazis). At least in the US, this also goes along with evangelical…
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Why is May in charge of Brexit negotiations? What happened to the prominent Brexiteers?
I don't follow UK politics much, but I did get interested during the Brexit referendum two years ago. Back then, the main names I recall are David Cameron, Boris Johnson, and Nigel Farage, and maybe also Corbyn I think. At least, those were the…
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Why does the EU not seem to pursue technological independence?
Why does the European Union not seem to pursue technological independence? While I am just a naïve citizen without deep insight, it seems to me that many technologies that seem critical to both our daily lives and national security are imported,…
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How does the expelling of diplomats work to create pressure on the diplomats' home country?
The UK has decided to expel Russian diplomats as response to the poisoning of an ex Russian spy in the UK. This tactic has been used by UK and other countries in the past (example: 4 diplomats were expelled by the UK when another Russian spy was…
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Was the change in government in Ukraine legal?
President Putin recently called the change in government in Ukraine an "anti-constitutional coup and a military seizure of power". Obviously, the interim government and their Western allies disagree, however I couldn't find a clear answer on whether…
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What's the difference between affirmative action and racism?
Affirmative action is the policy of favoring certain groups of people over others. In the US, this is generally implemented by basis of race.
How is this not the exact definition of institutionalized racism?
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Why do EU sanctions against Russia stop short of a total trade ban?
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine now officially around the corner (or even underway), I am surprised how minimalistic and non-committal the proposed sanctions are. Even the US "mother of all sanctions" consists of mainly targeted surgical…
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Why is China interested in supporting the Taliban?
In this news article, it is said that China is willing to develop positive relations with the Taliban.
"China respects the right of the Afghan people to independently determine their own destiny and is willing to continue to develop... friendly and…
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How could I build a political system immune to gerrymandering yet still giving local representation?
For a hypothetical world, how can I build a political system in which:
People are represented by someone local to them. And:
The number of representatives elected representing a movement in total remains proportional to the popular vote?
Having…
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What are the objectives of the TikTok ban?
Google collects temporal + location information of Android handsets by default and is only a subpoena away from US authorities. The current administration is concerned that China would be able to use TikTok to track its users in a manner similar to…
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