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Swing States Project
Ask Obama and Romney this: Where is Africa?
October 23, 2012 11:26 AMOver the final days of the campaign, CJR is running a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama This” and “Ask Romney This,” suggesting themes and questions that reporters and pundits can put to the presidential candidates. So far... Continue reading
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Swing States Project
Ask Obama and Romney This: What if China squares off with Japan?
October 22, 2012 11:00 AMOver the final days of the campaign, CJR is running a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama This” and “Ask Romney This,” suggesting themes and questions that reporters and pundits can put to the presidential candidates. So far... Continue reading
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Feature
China’s Chess Match
November 16, 2010 06:00 AMEarly in 2003, like millions of other migrants of his generation, Sun Zhigang, a young graphic designer, left central China, where he had attended university, and headed for the country’s booming industrial Southeast. His quest: work, and with luck,... Continue reading
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Review
Black Editor, Gray Lady
May 6, 2010 08:00 AMMy Times in Black and White: Race and Power at The New York Times | By Gerald M. Boyd | Lawrence Hill Books | 402 pages, $26.95 The entire arc of Gerald Boyd’s remarkable life is contained in the... Continue reading
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