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Between 2002 and 2017, the U.S. government has acknowledged approximately 150 drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. But those numbers don’t tell the whole story. Alex Moorehead, director of the counterterrorism, armed conflict and human rights project at Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute, explains.
Gingger Shankar is a singer, virtuoso violinist, composer, model and songwriter, and was born into one of the world’s most acclaimed and influential musical families — her great uncle is Ravi Shankhar. Shankar has now unveiled her latest work, “Nari,” a multimedia family project. She discusses her work today on The Takeaway.
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