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06
Nov

A Global Plastics Treaty Beyond Straw Men

By Phaedra C. Pezzullo, author of Beyond Straw Men: Plastic Pollution and Networked Cultures of Care This month, international leaders and representatives are gathering in Nairobi, Kenya, to finalize a Global Plastics Treaty, which …

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29
Oct

Post-pandemic Will the Poor Get Poorer?

Anirudh Krishna’s essay “The Poorest After the Pandemic” is featured in Current History’s November special issue on the pandemic’s global ramifications. Krishna is the Edgar T. Thompson Professor of Public Policy and …

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25
Jan

Beyond “Africa Rising”?

by Dillon Mahoney, author of The Art of Connection: Risk, Mobility, and the Crafting of Transparency in Coastal Kenya What do African masks and cell phones have in common? They sit on …

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30
Nov

Killing Your Neighbors

by Jon Holtzman, author of Killing Your Neighbors: Friendship and Violence in Northern Kenya and Beyond How do we make sense of the horrific things people do to one another? And how …

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09
Nov

Unsettled

By Janet McIntosh, author of Unsettled: Denial and Belonging Among White Kenyans This guest post is published in advance of the American Anthropological Association conference in Denver. Check back every day for new posts through the end …

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