• Although an American classic, Frank Capra’s 1939 “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” offers eternal truths that resonate in all geopolitical landscape. It is a forceful telling of the limit of idealism and the toll of ambition. And as Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari took over this past month the rudder of Africa’s largest democracy and its biggest

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  • The Eloquent Violence

    As Baltimore burned this April, it was the clearest evidence yet that inner city America, where a good number of African-American youth live, is in the throes of a potent catharsis. The death of Freddie Gray trails only the headlines of the past few months, amongst which was the killing of 50-year-old Walter Scott by

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