Today's quick reads
Three articles selected for you today from New Internationalist magazine.
Thoughts from a Broad
553 - January, 2025
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Practical acts of compassion, connection, solidarity, and resistance. Illustration by Kate Evans.
When Western therapies fail
452 - May, 2012
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Is a Western approach the best way to engage with the mental health issues of other cultures? Nick Harvey visits Burmese refugees in Thailand to find out.
The US is not teetering on the edge of bankruptcy
As Obama ushers in a new debit-limit bill, Mark Engler explains how the argument ‘We’re broke’ is used to justify the demolition of social safety nets.
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