‘In the forgotten civil war in Sudan, children have become collateral damage’

‘One of many quickest methods to finish Sudan’s civil struggle is to cease the UAE’s involvement’

Sara Jacobs at The Hill

One of many “quickest methods to finish the civil struggle in Sudan is to carry exterior actors accountable for his or her involvement,” says Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.). With out assist from the United Arab Emirates, Sudan’s militants “would not have been capable of act with such impunity and trigger a lot bloodshed.” The UAE is “one of many greatest patrons of U.S. arms on the earth,” and we “have the leverage to ship a transparent message that funding and fueling this violence is unacceptable.”

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‘How the Worldwide Olympic Committee fails athletes’ 

Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin at Time

The “most seismic inequality” on the Olympics is the “yawning hole between the luxurious field existence of the Worldwide Olympic Committee and most Olympians themselves,” say Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin. Whereas “many athletes stay hand-to-mouth, the IOC enjoys an opulent existence,” so it is “time for the present iteration of the IOC to go.” It needs to be “changed with athletes and impartial thinkers who usually are not afraid to make drastic modifications.”

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‘Nixon should not have resigned’

Kenneth L. Khachigian at The Wall Avenue Journal 

A “real retrospective of Nixon and Watergate must be shorn of cant and caricatures,” says Kenneth L. Khachigian. There’s an “unacknowledged motive for the unceasing demonization of Nixon and Watergate,” as a result of if the Washington elite “can efficiently outline Nixon as the head of deceit and dishonesty, then their very own immorality, corruption and abuse of energy will appear trivial by comparability.” Nixon “should not have resigned,” however he “did not resign in shame. He resigned in dignity.” 

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‘Gender policing on the Olympics ought to fear everybody’

Soleil Ho on the San Francisco Chronicle 

Gender panic has “reared its ugly head on the Olympics: this time, as a baseless ‘controversy’ dogging Algerian feminine boxer Imane Khelif,” says Soleil Ho. The “anti-trans hate machine that rails towards an enormous woke conspiracy to show younger individuals transgender has, sarcastically, remodeled Khelif right into a trans girl.” The “manufactured outrage over individuals like Imane Khelif spreads the harmful thought that there’s one proper technique to be a lady.” 

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