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With His NYC Rise, Zohran Mamdani Unmasks India’s Narrow Definition Of National Identity

With his surprise win in the Democratic primary for New York mayor, Mamdani’s popularity shows us that identities that are sold as eternal and unchanging can evolve to become more inclusive with time.

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Collapse And Us: On The Dangers Of Ecological Defeatism

Emilio Santiago, senior scientist at the CSIC and author of the book Contra El Mito Del Colapso Ecológico (Against The Myth Of The Ecological Collapse), believes that downplaying the importance of the climate crisis is as suicidal as letting yourself be carried away by paralyzing fear. Ecological collapse, he warns, is counterproductive to the transformation of our economic model.

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Weight Of Words, What A Novelist Won’t Give Away To Facebook

BUENOS AIRES — Facebook irritates me, entertains, consoles, bores and infuriates me, moves and depresses me — but above all, it exhausts me. Rewind to 2008, and I am in Pittsburgh working in a migrant help center. My Belgian friend Marie enters the office with her laptop and shows me a new platform where you […]

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