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InProgress: A Weekly reCAP
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It's Spreading
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President Donald Trump's brazen disregard for long-established laws and protocols appears to be a disease that is spreading: His allies have become increasingly emboldened in their actions and reactions to the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry. From refusing to comply with subpoenas, to preventing key witnesses from testifying, to orchestrating a stunt that involved 47 lawmakers breaching a secure room to delay the testimony of a key witness, Trump and his allies are employing every tactic they can-no matter how legally offensive-to preserve their power, not American democracy. Without the career diplomats and whistleblowers who are courageously coming forward to unmask the abuses of power that they have witnessed, Trump and his allies will continue to erode the most fundamental principle of our democracy: the rule of law.
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In the Spotlight
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Turkey's Syria Shambles
President Donald Trump's October 6, 2019, decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northeastern Syria has thrown a previously stabilized part of the war-torn country back into chaos. This rash decision paved the way for a long-threatened Turkish incursion into Syria. As predicted by outside experts and professionals within the U.S. government, the incursion has sparked further violence, displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and forced the United States' Syrian Democratic Forces partners to cut a deal with the Assad regime and its Russian backers. It has also shattered American credibility and set off a mad dash by all sides to fill the security vacuum left by the U.S. withdrawal. How can the United States salvage anyything from the situation and begin to reset its increasingly adversarial relationship with Turkey?
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Major Stories This Week
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Detention Is Dangerous for Women
From family separation, to attempts to erode asylum protections, to inaction on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, immigrant women live at the crux of the Trump administration's anti-women and anti-immigrant agendas.
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Human Rights After Trump
Trump and his allies have weakened global adherence to human rights and sabotaged key institutions committed to advancing human rights in the international system. Undoing this damage will not be easy.
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America's Nature Crisis
From 2001 to 2017, the United States lost more than a football field's worth of natural area to development every 30 seconds. But this finding only tells part of the story-Natural areas are disappearing at different rates and for different reasons around the country.
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Identifying Rural Opportunities
Policymakers and pundits often characterize rural America as a charity case-or worse, as doomed to decline. While these communities face real challenges, federal investment in their intrinsic strengths can help build a brighter and more inclusive future.
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Mark Your Calendar
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October 29
Exploring Pathways to De-Escalating Middle East Tensions
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November 5
Advancing Good Governance in a Time of Crisis
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