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The Power of Leading with Empathy
In a time where bitterness too often bleeds into the bloodstream of public life, where headlines shock, algorithms divide, and shouting into the void of…
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Hollie McKay
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A Personal Story: Understanding the Brutality of the Iranian Regime
The Men Who Stand on Pregnant Stomachs
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Hollie McKay
What Do Iranians Want? Inside Iran After the American Strikes
When American bombers crossed into Iranian airspace early Sunday morning, they entered a country dramatically different from the one that existed only…
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Hollie McKay
Justice Without a Defendant? Kony’s Trial Set, But the Warlord Is Nowhere to Be Found
Thirteen years ago, the viral “Kony 2012” video by Invisible Children catapulted Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony into the Western spotlight, exposing the…
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Hollie McKay
Unseating Tehran: What Would It Take to Dismantle the Regime?
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Hollie McKay
The Toxic War on Kids
California mother Jennifer was stunned when her 6-year-old daughter started developing breasts and experienced her first period shortly before turning…
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Hollie McKay
What It’s Really Like to Travel Alone as a Woman in Iran
Late Summer, 2017
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What the Israeli Strikes Mean for the U.S-Iran Nuclear Deal
In the early hours of Friday, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion—a wide-scale airstrike aimed at what Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz described…
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Hollie McKay
The Parade of Power on Taxpayer Dime
On June 14th, as America marks the birthday of Donald Trump and the Army’s birthday, Washington D.C.
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Hollie McKay
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Dispatches: The Human Cost of America’s Overseas Cuts and a Global Girls' Struggle
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Dennis Santiago
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Washington, Pay What You Owe
I just got back from a work trip in Taiwan.
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NATO's Problem
More than seven decades after its founding, NATO remains a powerful symbol of collective defense — but what happens when one of its own starts playing…
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Hollie McKay
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