| Supreme Court ruling has 'huge' implications for voting rights Posted: 25 Jun 2018 02:29 PM PDT ![Supreme Court ruling has 'huge' implications for voting rights]( "Supreme Court ruling has 'huge' implications for voting rights") In a decision split along ideological lines, the United States Supreme Court Monday overturned almost entirely a lower court ruling that had invalidated several political districts in Texas for harming the voting power of racial minorities. Today's decision on racial gerrymandering in Texas veers from that pattern, experts say. Less than two years away from a new round of redistricting, it could have significant implications for voting rights lawsuits.
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| Trump and truth: Why the media are losing the battle Posted: 25 Jun 2018 01:31 PM PDT ![Trump and truth: Why the media are losing the battle]( "Trump and truth: Why the media are losing the battle") For three years, since the day he glided down the escalator at Trump Tower to announce his presidential bid, Donald Trump has confounded the mainstream media. "First, he injects the inaccuracy into the body politic," says Perry.
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| Is love a winning message for Ethiopia? Posted: 25 Jun 2018 12:07 PM PDT ![Is love a winning message for Ethiopia?]( "Is love a winning message for Ethiopia?") As Africa's second most populous country and its fastest growing economy, Ethiopia is extraordinary in many ways. It weaves together 80 ethnic groups as well as Christians and Muslims. On a continent with the world's youngest population, the median age of Ethiopia's 102 million people is 18.
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| How immigration fuels an axis of nationalism across the West Posted: 25 Jun 2018 11:50 AM PDT ![How immigration fuels an axis of nationalism across the West]( "How immigration fuels an axis of nationalism across the West") The battle over the immigration issue in America has masked what could prove a more fundamental change internationally: the emergence of a new axis including political leaders across the Atlantic who, like President Trump, have placed an angry mix of nationalism and populism at the heart of their message. It is happening in Poland, Hungary, Austria, as well as with Italy's newly installed populist coalition and Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who was given a path to virtually unchallenged power by his latest election victory Sunday. The anti-immigrant nationalists in France, under the banner of Marine Le Pen, were dealt a blow last year by the election of President Emmanuel Macron.
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