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Mass migration

Mother with her son, holding a US flag, waits in line for food.

Who is responsible for migrants?

Global Politics

Refugees and asylum-seekers from poor countries to the US border are often attributed, incorrectly, to domestic unrest in a far-off nation. But migration is largely the result of global phenomena like colonialism, climate change and trade.

The newly created country of Pakistan continued to use stamps printed by the British, but stamped them with the name Pakistan, until new stamps could be printed.

It’s been 70 years since India’s Partition. There’s finally a museum devoted to it.

Conflict
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