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Poor Nations Are Writing a New Handbook for Getting Rich

For more than half a century, the handbook for how developing countries can grow rich hasn’t changed much: Move subsistence farmers into manufacturing jobs, and then sell what they produce to the rest of the world.The recipe — customized…

Israel As ‘A Pariah’ Among the Nations

Last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) twice described Israel as a “pariah” among the world’s nations: “Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah. … understands better than…

22 Dead After Airstrike Rocks African Nation’s Capital

A major airstrike Saturday outside of Khartoum, Sudan, has left at least 22 people dead, according to the Associated Press. Saturday’s air attack marks one of the deadliest airstrikes the country has seen in more than three months of a…

Nation’s First-Ever Religious Charter School Denied By State

The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board (OSVCSB) voted on Tuesday to deny an application by a Catholic church to create a virtual religious charter school, according to a recording of…

Massive Strike Cancels Classes For 400,000 Kids In Nation’s Second-Largest School

Teachers, bus drivers, custodians and cafeteria workers of the second-largest school district in the nation went on strike on Tuesday, cancelling classes for 400,000 students, according to the…

Ohio State’s Jaques named nation’s top women’s hockey player

DULUTH, Minn. − Ohio State senior defenseman Sophie Jaques has been chosen as the winner of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s hockey.“I am extremely honored and humbled to…

‘Bring The Economy To Its Knees’: Protestors Blockade Western Nation’s Oil Refineries

Striking union workers blockaded all eight oil refineries in France, halting oil shipments in protest of a bill that would raise the age to qualify for pensions from 62 to 64, BBC reported Tuesday. While it was not immediately clear…

The World Bank’s New Focus on Climate Threatens World’s Poorest Nations, Researchers Say

by John Hugh DeMastri The World Bank’s plan to focus future efforts on climate change will have a disproportionately negative impact on its poorest client nations, despite those same countries having repeatedly reported that they…

Biden Calls for Unity to Tackle Nation’s Issues in State of the Union

by Ben Whedon President Joe Biden, during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, called for unity, pointing to the bipartisan successes of the past Congress. “We’re often told that Democrats and Republicans can’t work together,”…