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" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/03/take-a-breath-thank-a-whale/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/whale-carbon-pollution-New-York-GettyImages-454329672.jpg?quality=90 1600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/whale-carbon-pollution-New-York-GettyImages-454329672.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/whale-carbon-pollution-New-York-GettyImages-454329672.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/whale-carbon-pollution-New-York-GettyImages-454329672.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/whale-carbon-pollution-New-York-GettyImages-454329672.jpg?resize=1536,1024&quality=90 1536w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/whale-carbon-pollution-New-York-GettyImages-454329672.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/whale-carbon-pollution-New-York-GettyImages-454329672.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/whale-carbon-pollution-New-York-GettyImages-454329672.jpg?resize=800,534&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/whale-carbon-pollution-New-York-GettyImages-454329672.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/whale-carbon-pollution-New-York-GettyImages-454329672.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/whale-carbon-pollution-New-York-GettyImages-454329672.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/whale-carbon-pollution-New-York-GettyImages-454329672.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/her-power/" alt="A humpback whale spyhops off Rockaway Beach in New York City with the Empire State Building in the background on Sept. 23, 2013." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/whale-carbon-pollution-New-York-GettyImages-454329672.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=90" alt="A humpback whale spyhops off Rockaway Beach in New York City with the Empire State Building in the background on Sept. 23, 2013." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/03/take-a-breath-thank-a-whale/"> <h3 class="hed">Take a Breath, Thank a Whale</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Like the Amazon rainforest, the planet’s whales play crucial roles as carbon captors. That’s just one reason to save them.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Argument </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/regina-asmutis-silvia/" rel="author" class="author"> Regina Asmutis-Silvia</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/sulmaan-khan/" rel="author" class="author"> Sulmaan Wasif Khan</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="excerpt-content content-block" data-post-id="977907"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/28/what-the-g-7-got-right-and-wrong-about-gender-equality/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-649607808.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-649607808.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-649607808.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-649607808.jpg?resize=768,513&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-649607808.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-649607808.jpg?resize=401,268&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-649607808.jpg?resize=800,534&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-649607808.jpg?resize=275,184&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-649607808.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-649607808.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-649607808.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/her-power/" alt="Activists rally for women’s rights during a march to honor International Woman’s Day in Washington, D.C., on March 8, 2017." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-649607808.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=90" alt="Activists rally for women’s rights during a march to honor International Woman’s Day in Washington, D.C., on March 8, 2017." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/28/what-the-g-7-got-right-and-wrong-about-gender-equality/"> <h3 class="hed">What the G-7 Got Right—and Wrong—About Gender Equality</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">When the United States takes the helm of the group next year, it will have an opportunity to do even better.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Argument </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jamille-bigio/" rel="author" class="author"> Jamille Bigio</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rachel-vogelstein/" rel="author" class="author"> Rachel Vogelstein</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="excerpt-content content-block" data-post-id="977365"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/22/brexiteers-bear-all-the-blame-for-the-irish-border-impasse-backstop-brexit-ireland/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/irish-border-brexit.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/irish-border-brexit.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/irish-border-brexit.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/irish-border-brexit.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/irish-border-brexit.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/irish-border-brexit.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/irish-border-brexit.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/irish-border-brexit.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/irish-border-brexit.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/irish-border-brexit.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/irish-border-brexit.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/her-power/" alt="Members of the anti-Brexit campaign group Border Communities Against Brexit, dressed up as British Army Soldiers and Customs officials, pose with a wall installed on a road crossing the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, during a demonstration in Newry, Northern Ireland, on Jan. 26." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/irish-border-brexit.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Members of the anti-Brexit campaign group Border Communities Against Brexit, dressed up as British Army Soldiers and Customs officials, pose with a wall installed on a road crossing the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, during a demonstration in Newry, Northern Ireland, on Jan. 26." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/22/brexiteers-bear-all-the-blame-for-the-irish-border-impasse-backstop-brexit-ireland/"> <h3 class="hed">Brexiteers Bear All the Blame for the Irish Border Impasse</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The European Union and Ireland are trying to preserve Northern Ireland’s fragile stability. The British government is playing with fire.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/response/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Response </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/mary-c-murphy/" rel="author" class="author"> Mary C. Murphy</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid__half grid--flex"> <div class="grid__half--mobile"> <h2>On Women</h2> <div> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="977164"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/21/women-look-to-2020-to-break-the-national-security-glass-ceiling-female-leaders-natsec/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/her-power/" alt="U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy listens during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 24, 2009." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy listens during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 24, 2009." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/21/women-look-to-2020-to-break-the-national-security-glass-ceiling-female-leaders-natsec/"> <h3 class="hed">Women Look to 2020 to Break the National Security Glass Ceiling</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Advocacy groups see the upcoming election as an opportunity to boost the number of women in senior positions.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lara-seligman/" rel="author" class="author"> Lara Seligman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="976807"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/15/young-voters-care-about-abortion-policy-argentine-politicians-are-ignoring-them/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/argentina-abortion-pro-choice.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/argentina-abortion-pro-choice.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/argentina-abortion-pro-choice.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/argentina-abortion-pro-choice.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/argentina-abortion-pro-choice.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/argentina-abortion-pro-choice.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/argentina-abortion-pro-choice.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/argentina-abortion-pro-choice.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/argentina-abortion-pro-choice.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/argentina-abortion-pro-choice.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/argentina-abortion-pro-choice.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/her-power/" alt="Activists with green handkerchiefs, which symbolizes the abortion rights movement, demonstrate to mark the revival of their campaign to legalize abortion, in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires, on May 28." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/argentina-abortion-pro-choice.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Activists with green handkerchiefs, which symbolizes the abortion rights movement, demonstrate to mark the revival of their campaign to legalize abortion, in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires, on May 28." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/15/young-voters-care-about-abortion-policy-argentine-politicians-are-ignoring-them/"> <h3 class="hed">Young Voters Care About Abortion Policy. Argentine Politicians Are Ignoring Them.</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The youth vote is becoming increasingly important in Argentina, but the leading presidential candidates are deliberately avoiding the issue that matters most to them.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/dispatch/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Dispatch </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ana-ionova/" rel="author" class="author"> Ana Ionova</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="976185"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/09/china-one-child-policy-nanfu-wang-film-sundance-one-child-nation-amazon-films/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HP-one-child-nation-china-amazon-First-Person.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HP-one-child-nation-china-amazon-First-Person.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HP-one-child-nation-china-amazon-First-Person.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HP-one-child-nation-china-amazon-First-Person.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HP-one-child-nation-china-amazon-First-Person.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HP-one-child-nation-china-amazon-First-Person.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HP-one-child-nation-china-amazon-First-Person.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HP-one-child-nation-china-amazon-First-Person.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HP-one-child-nation-china-amazon-First-Person.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HP-one-child-nation-china-amazon-First-Person.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HP-one-child-nation-china-amazon-First-Person.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/her-power/" alt="The movie poster for "One Child Nation."" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HP-one-child-nation-china-amazon-First-Person.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="The movie poster for "One Child Nation."" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/09/china-one-child-policy-nanfu-wang-film-sundance-one-child-nation-amazon-films/"> <h3 class="hed">The Dark Legacy of China’s One-Child Policy</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">On the podcast: The filmmaker Nanfu Wang tells the harrowing story of her own family’s one-child ordeal.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/podcast/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Podcast </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="974651"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/26/nadia-murad-nobel-yazidi-bombach-pov-pbs-iraq-genocide/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/HP-On-Her-Shoulders-First-Person.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/HP-On-Her-Shoulders-First-Person.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/HP-On-Her-Shoulders-First-Person.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/HP-On-Her-Shoulders-First-Person.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/HP-On-Her-Shoulders-First-Person.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/HP-On-Her-Shoulders-First-Person.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/HP-On-Her-Shoulders-First-Person.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/HP-On-Her-Shoulders-First-Person.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/HP-On-Her-Shoulders-First-Person.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/HP-On-Her-Shoulders-First-Person.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/HP-On-Her-Shoulders-First-Person.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/her-power/" alt="Nadia Murad sits in a UNODC office, preparing for an upcoming speech at the United Nations, in the film "On Her Shoulders."" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/HP-On-Her-Shoulders-First-Person.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Nadia Murad sits in a UNODC office, preparing for an upcoming speech at the United Nations, in the film "On Her Shoulders."" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/26/nadia-murad-nobel-yazidi-bombach-pov-pbs-iraq-genocide/"> <h3 class="hed">A Survivor’s Struggle to Care for Her People and Herself</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">On the podcast: The filmmaker Alexandria Bombach followed the Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad for the film “On Her Shoulders.”</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/podcast/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Podcast </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="973367"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; 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If he manages to become prime minister, it will only get worse.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/dispatch/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Dispatch </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/cecilia-butini/" rel="author" class="author"> Cecilia Butini</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="976300"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/13/honduran-protestors-have-little-cause-for-hope/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Honduras-protests-GettyImages-1160265867.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Honduras-protests-GettyImages-1160265867.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Honduras-protests-GettyImages-1160265867.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Honduras-protests-GettyImages-1160265867.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Honduras-protests-GettyImages-1160265867.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Honduras-protests-GettyImages-1160265867.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Honduras-protests-GettyImages-1160265867.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Honduras-protests-GettyImages-1160265867.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Honduras-protests-GettyImages-1160265867.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Honduras-protests-GettyImages-1160265867.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Honduras-protests-GettyImages-1160265867.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/her-power/" alt="Demonstrators demand the resignation of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Aug. 7" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Honduras-protests-GettyImages-1160265867.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Demonstrators demand the resignation of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Aug. 7" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/13/honduran-protestors-have-little-cause-for-hope/"> <h3 class="hed">Honduran Protesters Have Little Cause for Hope</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Even if President Juan Orlando Hernández were to leave office, the country’s problems would persist. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/dispatch/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Dispatch </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909034106/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/annette-lin/" rel="author" class="author"> Annette Lin</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="976522"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; 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