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Today in History: Allende Elected President of Chile

Garrett Connolly

“I am certain that my sacrifice will not be in vain, I am certain that, at the very least, it will be a moral lesson that will punish felony, cowardice, and treason.”
                                                           - Salvador Allende, November 9th 1973

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No Essentiality: A Panel Discussion at London's 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Tyler Chau

This past October, as the commercial art world converged on Frieze, the second edition of the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair opened in London. With 27 galleries exhibiting over 100 artists, this year’s fair highlighted the increasing market interest in contemporary art from Africa and the Diaspora.

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A Second Look at Mexican Drug Gangs and ISIL

Michael Busch

This past week, Al Jazeera America published a piece by Musa al-Gharbi in which the author argues that Mexico’s drug gangs, who have effectively transformed parts of the country into a war zone, are a greater threat to international security than the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

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