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A gallery worker works with an artwork titled ‘World Solidarity with the Cuban Revolution’ alongside other posters by the Organization of Solidarity with the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Tolga Akmen /AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s Cuba report borrowed heavily from my book on an anti‑imperialist movement – but twisted the arguments

The State Department views a 1960s-era internationalist movement based in Havana as a Cuban communist plot to destroy America. The truth was far more nuanced.
The U.S. announced plans to scrutinize and revoke student visas for students with ties to the Chinese Communist Party or whose studies are in critical fields, but appears to have reconsidered. The decision and apparent about-face could have a wide-ranging impact on both nations. LAW Ho Ming/Getty Images

Trump administration’s conflicting messages on Chinese student visas reflect complex US‑China relations

The Trump administration’s threat to revoke visas of some Chinese students isn’t the first time the US has erected barriers to its higher education system.
The detention of noncitizen university students after their Palestinian rights activism raises questions about the limits of free speech. Rob Dobi/Moment/Getty Images

Lawful permanent residents like Mahmoud Khalil have a right to freedom of speech – but does that protect them from deportation?

The Trump administration says it can deport noncitizen students that create foreign security threats. The Supreme Court might ultimately decide the limits of these residents’ free speech.
Kruish Mubiru, executive director of an HIV/Aids NGO in Uganda, in its empty facilities in Kampala. The Pepfar fund cuts have crippled the organisation. Getty Images

Pepfar funding to fight HIV/Aids has saved 26 million lives since 2003: how cutting it will hurt Africa

Pepfar, a global initiative to fight HIV/Aids, has saved millions of lives since its launch in 2003. Now its future is uncertain.

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