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A Passport and a Baptismal Candle

A Passport and a Baptismal Candle The Sunday after Renée Good was killed in Minnesota, I was in Chicago, visiting a friend. We sat around her kitchen table and spoke aloud about the horrors unfolding across the nation, confessing our fears and anxieties as two young Latina women. For decades now, we have watched the language of “U.S. citizen” become entangled with arguments about who is entitled to the legal protection of basic human rights. Good’s death (and later Alex Pretti’s) laid bare th...

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What are the possible effects of foreign leaders influencing support for political leaders in Iraq?

Jan 31 (Reuters) - Iraq's alliance of Shi'ite political blocs, the Coordination Framework, reaffirmed on Saturday its support for former premier Nouri al-Maliki to lead the next government, despite a warning from U.S. President Donald Trump that Washington would no longer help Iraq if Maliki returned to power. The bloc, which holds a majority in parliament, picked Maliki, Iraq's first elected prime minister after a U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, as its nominee for the post following an election

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