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Representatives from all over the world attend the 13th Confucius Institute Conference in Chengdu city, southwest China's Sichuan province, 3 December 2018.The Chinese government encourages cross-cultural exchanges, and supports both Chinese sides and their foreign partners in making Confucius Institute a success, Vice Premier Sun Chunlan said on Tuesday (4 December 2018). Sun, who is also chair of the Council of the Confucius Institute Headquarters, made the remarks at the opening of the 13th Confucius Institute Conference in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. About 1,500 representatives from 154 countries and regions attended the conference.No Use China. No Use France.

It’s time for a new policy on Confucius institutes

Jamie P. Horsley

Lawfare Thursday, April 1, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators raise their fists as they take a knee for 8 minutes 46 seconds, the length of time George Floyd was held down with a knee on his neck by a Minneapolis Police officer, during a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of George Floyd's death, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 7, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

How to Fix the Financial Gymnastics of Police Misconduct Settlements

Lawfare Thursday, April 1, 2021

Students arrive for class at Mahnomen Elementary School in Mahnomen, Minnesota September 26, 2013. The U.S. government may have headed off some of the most dire predictions about the "sequester," but over seven months, the across-the-board spending cut has thrown sand into the gears of the economic recovery. Mahnomen school district, which serves the White Earth Indian reservation in Minnesota, lost three percent of its funding due to the sequester. The district didn't replace a teacher who retired and has scaled back on homework tutoring and an alternative-school program for teenage mothers. Another year of cuts could force the school to lay off teachers and scale back bus service, superintendent Jeff Bisek says. Picture taken September 26, 2013. To match Insight USA-BUDGET/SEQUESTER REUTERS/Dan Koeck (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E99S159R01

White parents in D.C. talk a lot about racial justice. So why do they focus on majority-White schools?

Vanessa Williamson and Jackson Gode

The Washington Post Wednesday, March 31, 2021

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Early oversight in the 117th Congress: Three takeaways

Kennedy Teel, Jackson Gode, and Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Voting rights and wrongs: Democracy legislation in the Senate

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How federal infrastructure dollars get nickeled and dimed

Clifford Winston

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

United States Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Republican of Kentucky) offers remarks during a press conference following the GOP Senate luncheon, in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP/Sipa USANo Use Germany.

Mitch McConnell is wrong. Here’s the filibuster’s ‘racial history.’

Sarah A. Binder

The Washington Post Wednesday, March 24, 2021

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Where are the Congressional Review Act disapprovals?

Bridget C. E. Dooling, Daniel Pérez, and Steven J. Balla

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

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Nord Stream 2 impasse threatens trans-Atlantic ties

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

On March 19, 2021, Samantha Gross joined The LA World Affairs Council for a discussion on climate policy, domestic challenges, and geopolitical strategy.

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