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WorldAugust 30, 2018
Can Bobi Wine Unite Uganda and Bring Down a Dictator?
The Ugandan regime has good reason to fear the 36-year-old musician and parliamentarian.
Helen C. Epstein
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AfricaJuly 20, 2018
The US Turns a Blind Eye to Uganda’s Assault on Democracy
For decades, dictator Yoweri Museveni has been a stalwart ally of the US military, while oppressing his own people.
Helen C. Epstein
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Global OrganizationsMarch 23, 2018
Why British Conservatives Are Salivating Over the Oxfam Scandal
The Oxfam scandal is a moment of reckoning for the aid sector, but it also gives Tories a plum opportunity to undermine a critical voice.
Helen C. Epstein
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AfricaJuly 28, 2017
Rwanda’s Elections and the Myth of Women’s Empowerment
Opposition to President Paul Kagame’s reelection has been jailed, thwarted, and suppressed.
Claude Gatebuke and Helen C. Epstein
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EducationNovember 14, 2012
Children of the Storm: Education and Social Mobility
Paul Tough and Jonathan Kozol examine how decades of family-unfriendly policies have heightened the stress experienced by many children at home and school.
Helen C. Epstein