A psychologist explains why the dark humor around Mangione’s case isn’t evidence of nihilism but of what happens when demands for moral seriousness stop feeling credible.
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For the poorest households in Asia, even small loans can lead to expensive debt traps.
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There is a difference between being invited into a university and feeling wanted there.
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Armed groups are challenging the group’s hold on power. Can they present a united front?
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A push in California to tax billionaires will be an important test of the political power of the rich – and the health of US democracy.
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South Korea continues push for peace with the north, as Pyongyang’s military strength grows.
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The author was banned from school by the Taliban as a girl in 1996. Years after the Taliban returned to power in 2021, she asks why the international community’s response has fallen so short.
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Ukraine has proposed a deal to halt attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea – an effort to allow grain shipments to resume from both countries.
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This week’s Pacific HIV Symposium in Fiji is a response to a highly complex regional crisis, not one that stops at the island nation’s border.
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While their antics might make us pay attention to election campaigns, how did we end up with joke candidates as part of our political culture?
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