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Commentary Higher Education

How Gutting the U.S. Department of Education Would Hurt Students and Their Families

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CAIRO, EGYPT - DECEMBER 15: City buildings are seen in front of the famous Giza Pyramids on December 15, 2016 in Cairo, Egypt. Since the 2011 Arab Spring, Egyptians have been facing a crisis, the uprising brought numerous political changes, but also economic turmoil, increased terror attacks and the unravelling of the once strong tourism sector. In recent weeks Egypt has again been hit by multiple bomb blasts, the most recent killed 26 Christians inside the St Peter and St Paul Church during Sunday mass. As Christians took to the streets chanting anti-government slogans, fears grow of an escalation in militant activity which would further deal damage to a country trying to rebuild. In recent months protests against rising fuel and food prices, calls for mass anti-government demonstrations and the continued terror attacks have seen Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, suffer a significant drop in popularity. Mr. Al-Sisi has promised change, fearing anger and desperation could lead to popular unrest, however inflation currently sits at the highest level in seven years, jobless rates are above 13percent and more than 90million people are said to be living in poverty. The outlook forced the government to seek a $12 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund, pushing the country to float the Egyptian pound to qualify for the loan. The move led to a sharp devaluation of the Egyptian pound which now sits at 18EGP to the dollar. The turmoil is affecting not only the poor but both the middle-class and the wealthy as food and commodity prices skyrocket. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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Middle Eastern Environmentalists Need a Seat at the Table

GAZA CITY, GAZA - AUGUST 30: A man leaves after closing his cafe on the corniche of the Gaza Strip, due to the coronavirus lockdown on August 30, 2020 in Gaza City, Gaza. Fears are growing that the already crippled health care system will not be able to cope, as coronavirus cases continue to rise throughout the Gaza strip. In the past weeks Israel has responded to incendiary balloons launched from Gaza, with airstrikes and further blockade restrictions adding to the pressure on residents already struggling with just four hours of electricity a day. In the past week, the Ministry of Health and Security Services in the Gaza Strip have issued strict lockdown and movement restrictions, to try to contain the rising infections. On August 31, Hamas agreed to temporarily end hostilities with Israel in exchange for a cash infusion from Qatar and an agreement with Israel to once again allow fuel to Gaza’s power station in a bid to calm the ongoing situation and deal with the latest coronavirus outbreak. Since March, there have reportedly been over 500 coronavirus cases with 5 confirmed deaths in the Gaza strip. (Photo by Fatima Shbair/Getty Images)

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Saving Gaza Begins with Its Water

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Yemen’s Environmental Crisis Is the Biggest Risk for Its Future

CAIRO, EGYPT - JULY 06: Boats move down the Nile at sunset on July 6, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. Over 17 people were killed in clashes around the country yesterday with dozens injured as the Egyptian military tries to restore order. Reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei has been named interim prime minister of Egypt. Adly Mansour, chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court, was sworn in as the interim head of state in ceremony in Cairo in the morning of July 4, the day after Morsi was placed under house arrest by the Egyptian military and the Constitution was suspended. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Roundtable: Keeping the Peace in the Nile Basin

HALABJA, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 24: A shepherd stands looking out towards the mountains where a mass grave site of most of the victims of the March 16, 1988 chemical attacks on Halabja are buried February 24, 2004 in Halabja, Iraq. In Halabja, approximately 5,000 innocent civilians, mostly women and children (75 percent), immediately perished due to chemical attacks committed allegedly by the Iraqi regime. The chemical attacks were said to have involved mustard gas, nerve agents and possibly cyanide. The attack on Halabja took place amidst the infamous al-Anfal campaign, in which former Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein is alleged to have brutally repressed yet another of the Kurdish revolts during the Iran-Iraq war at the time. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

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Iraq’s Climate Crisis Requires Bold Cooperation

MAFRAQ, JORDAN - JANUARY 29: Syrian refugees gather water as they go about their daily business in the Za’atari refugee camp on January 29, 2013 in Mafraq, Jordan. Record numbers of refugees are fleeing the violence and bombings in Syria to cross the borders to safety in northern Jordan and overwhelming the Za'atari camp. The Jordanian government are appealing for help with the influx of refugees as they struggle to cope with the sheer numbers arriving in the country. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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What the World Can Do about the Middle East’s Coming Environmental Crisis

A man sitting by the Barada River in Damascus, Syria, circa 1880. A colorised version of a photograph by Felix Bonfils. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Syria’s Human Security Is Inseparable from Its Environmental Health

BSHARRI, LEBANON - MAY 1948: A view of cedar trees on the hills of Bsharri, Lebanon. (Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Bringing the Natural World into America’s Middle East Policy: Averting a Crisis Foretold

SEA OF GALILEE, ISRAEL - JUNE 1: A microlight aeroplane flies low towards the Golan Heights where the Jordan River empties into the Sea of Galilee, during an annual visit by members of the Israeli Ultralight Association on June 1, 2007 to the Golan Heights. Indirect peace negotiations between Israel and Syria are expected to start again on Thursday June 12, 2008 in Istanbul, Turkey, casting doubt on Israel's control of the strategic territory which it captured from Syria in the 1967 Six Day War. (Photo by Yuval Nadel/Getty Images)

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Coping with Water Scarcity in the Jordan River Basin

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 17: People receive food at the Thessalonica Christian Church during a distribution site on October 17, 2020 in New York City. The Bronx, a borough which has long struggled with poverty and neglect, has been especially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The official unemployment rate in the Bronx is 21% while the unofficial number is presumed to be almost twice that. With many residents unable to afford health care and being home to a significant amount of front-line workers, the Bronx has the highest COVID-19 death rate in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Commentary Economics

Looming Unemployment Cliff Will Hit Women and People of Color the Hardest

Commentary Higher Education

Amid the Pandemic, Congress Delivered Students a Lifeline. That Work Isn’t Done.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 15: U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House September 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. Netanyahu is in Washington to participate in the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords. (Photo by Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images)

Commentary World

Israel Prepares to Confront the Biden Administration

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Report Early Education

Here Is What School Integration in America Looks Like Today

Commentary World

Order from Ashes Podcast: Promoting America’s Devalued Democracy

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Commentary PK-12 Education

Obama-era Rule Banning Mandatory Arbitration in College Contracts Carries the Day

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