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Abortion policy in the U.S. often focuses on fetal viability and fails to address the concerns of actual pregnant people. John Fedele/Tetra Images via GettyImages

How abortion laws focusing on fetal viability miss the mark on women’s experiences

Women’s stories of seeking abortions later in pregnancy highlight what’s missing from the current conversation about abortion policies in the US.
The 2025 spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund takes place in Washington, D.C. Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

From Doing Business to B-READY: World Bank’s new rankings represent a rebrand, not a revamp

The World Bank has long sought to replace it’s annual index that fell to scandal in 2021. But a new replacement repeats some of the flaws.
Venezuelan immigrants, whom the Trump White House says are members of the Tren de Aragua gang, arrive in El Salvador on March 31, 2025. El Salvador Press Presidency Office/Anadolu via Getty Images

The Trump administration says Tren de Aragua is a terrorist group – but it’s really a transnational criminal organization. Here’s why the label matters.

While foreign terrorist organizations typically have a political or religious ideology, transnational criminal organizations are driven by profit.
Not as many people will get the chance to vote in 2025 compared with the previous year. MicroStockHub/Getty Images

5 elections to watch in 2025

Experts on politics in Canada, Germany, Chile, Belarus and the Philippines weigh in on what to expect as each country’s voters prepare to head to the ballot box.
U.S. forces patrol oil fields near Syria’s northeastern border near Turkey on Sept. 3, 2024. Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images

US role in Syria is unclear in wake of Assad’s fall from power

The US has been involved in Syria in several important ways, including sanctioning Bashar al-Assad’s government for more than a decade.

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