Can the center hold?
The first stanza of William Butler Yeats much quoted poem, The Second Coming, contains the words: ‘Things fall apart, the center cannot hold…. The best lack all…
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Growth forecasts for Africa largely cut, Djibouti, Chad, Comoros, and Sudan vote, and UNICEF highlights Boko Haram atrocities
The World Bank and IMF cut growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa This week, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released their revised GDP…
Tracking presidential campaigns on Facebook
We are in the midst of one of the most interesting and dynamic elections in recent times. The former and current presidential candidates have used a number of social…
Africa in the News: Zuma violates South African constitution, Angola jails activists and Tanzania suffers aid cuts
South African court rules President Zuma violated the constitution Thursday, South Africa’s highest court found President Zuma guilty of violating the constitution as he refused to…
Metropolitan Lens podcast: How Baltimore’s new mayor can promote economic growth and equity
The mayoral election in Baltimore has brought local economic development strategies to the forefront. In a city in which inequality—by income, by race, and between neighborhoods—has increased in the…
Benin's landmark elections: An experiment in political transitions
Benin is the new field of dreams and promises kept. In a year when many countries on the continent are changing their constitutions to allow for incumbent presidents…
Can Trump push Arizona to the Democrats?
The rise of Donald Trump as the odds-on favorite to win the Republican presidential nomination may play havoc with the familiar political map of red and blue states in…
Taxes on the rich may change a lot in 2017
It’s good to be rich. Depending on who becomes the next president, it could get a lot better or a lot worse. Thanks to our colleagues at the Tax…
Voter anger explained—in one chart
That a lot of voters are angry this year is a truism. What’s less clear as the campaigns head for big states like Ohio and Florida is the source…
Election fallout: What Iran’s vote means for hope and change (and Washington)
Iranians went to the polls last week in the first national election since the July 2015 signing of the nuclear deal, and like so many aspects of Iran, the…
