| How ‘power grab’ in Egypt aligns with US priorities in Arab world Posted: 22 Apr 2019 01:48 PM PDT ![How 'power grab' in Egypt aligns with US priorities in Arab world]( "How 'power grab' in Egypt aligns with US priorities in Arab world") When Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi visited the White House this month, he was given the treatment generally reserved for America's closest allies. Mr. Sisi stayed at Blair House, the guest house across from the White House and a perk reserved for most-honored guests. In the Oval Office, President Donald Trump praised him unequivocally as a "great president" despite withering criticisms from human rights groups, democracy advocates, and some members of Congress that the Egyptian leader is overseeing a steep erosion of civil liberties and consolidating power in the image of other emerging authoritarian leaders.
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| With so many women running for president, why is focus still on the men? Posted: 22 Apr 2019 01:22 PM PDT ![With so many women running for president, why is focus still on the men?]( "With so many women running for president, why is focus still on the men?") As the 2020 Democratic field expands to 20 candidates this week, with the expected entrance of former Vice President Joe Biden, a glaring discrepancy looms over the race: It's a quartet of white men – Mr. Biden, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg – who are attracting the most media attention. This is particularly frustrating to supporters of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a janitor's daughter turned Harvard law professor who has dedicated her life to fighting income inequality in the United States.
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| Reconciling Sri Lanka to its finer self Posted: 22 Apr 2019 12:19 PM PDT ![Reconciling Sri Lanka to its finer self]( "Reconciling Sri Lanka to its finer self") On Tuesday, the tear-shaped island nation of Sri Lanka will hold a day of mourning for the victims of the suicide bombings on Easter Sunday. The government was wise to bring together a country of such diversity to remember the nearly 300 people killed in three churches and three hotels. It shows Sri Lanka, which remains trapped in competing national identities, still seeks reconciliation a decade after the end of a violent civil war.
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| Long shot lawyer: Defending migrants in US’s toughest immigration court Posted: 22 Apr 2019 09:41 AM PDT ![Long shot lawyer: Defending migrants in US's toughest immigration court]( "Long shot lawyer: Defending migrants in US's toughest immigration court") A hazy sun rises over pine-covered hills as Marty Rosenbluth pulls out of his driveway and hangs a left on Main Street. This is where Mr. Rosenbluth, a lawyer, can be found most days, either visiting clients inside the country's largest immigration detention center or representing them before a judge in an adjacent courtroom. It's a mile outside Lumpkin, a forlorn county seat that most days has fewer inhabitants than the prison, which has 2,000 beds.
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