| From lame-duck lawmakers, hardball politics or undermining of democracy? Posted: 06 Dec 2018 01:54 PM PST ![From lame-duck lawmakers, hardball politics or undermining of democracy?]( "From lame-duck lawmakers, hardball politics or undermining of democracy?") US politics is based on many standard practices that aren't explicitly outlined in the US Constitution or the nation's laws. "Mutual toleration" means treating political opponents as rivals on a field of competition, not enemies to be crushed. Are GOP lawmakers on track to break these norms in key Midwestern states?
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| How a border ‘shutdown’ would look from a border town Posted: 06 Dec 2018 12:29 PM PST ![How a border 'shutdown' would look from a border town]( "How a border 'shutdown' would look from a border town") After US border patrol agents clashed with a group of unarmed Central American migrants late last month, leading to an hours-long closure at the San Ysidro border crossing between Tijuana and San Diego, President Trump reiterated threats to shutter the US-Mexico border entirely. A border closure could hit Mexico and the US hard, economically: about $1.7 billion in goods and services and hundreds of thousands of people legally cross the US-Mexico border every day.
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| For peace in Afghanistan, a new view of women Posted: 06 Dec 2018 12:16 PM PST ![For peace in Afghanistan, a new view of women]( "For peace in Afghanistan, a new view of women") Eyebrows went up last month among diplomats working on a political settlement to end the long war in Afghanistan. Taliban leaders attending talks in Moscow gave interviews to female journalists. In rural areas they still control, the Taliban continue to deny many basic rights to women.
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| Trump Tower Moscow: doomed by cultural divides? Posted: 06 Dec 2018 11:04 AM PST ![Trump Tower Moscow: doomed by cultural divides?]( "Trump Tower Moscow: doomed by cultural divides?") In the Moscow suburb of Krylatskoe, within sight of the main road to Russia's most expensive dacha zone, there is a long, yellow-brick, five-story building that had a moment of fame about 25 years ago, but has since faded into obscurity. Known as the House on Autumn Street, it was the place where, according to many accounts, then-President Boris Yeltsin decided to establish a residence for himself and his top lieutenants. Orders were given, and a half-finished Soviet-era structure was commandeered and repurposed for Kremlin use.
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