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Why did North and South go to war with each other in 1861? The standard narrative is that slavery caused the war while more thoughtful people realize that the causes are much more complex than the simple "slavery existed" narrative.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/understanding-causes-lincolns-war
While it is tempting to see the economic success of Singapore and Hong Kong as similar, there really are stark differences between them. Hong Kong has developed through laissiez-faire and entrepreneurship while Singapore is much more state directed.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-success-singapore-and-hong-kong
In the midst of the television coverage of Soccer Aid, a celebrity soccer match organised by Unicef, the audience was told that “one in six children around the world are currently living through war”.
Listener Isla got in touch with More or Less to ask whether the claim was correct, so we tracked down the source to an organisation called the Peace Research Institute Oslo.
Research director Siri Aas Rustad tells us how they worked out a figure for the number of children living near to a “conflict” and the big differences between that and something most people would think of as “war”.
If you’ve seen a number you think we should look at, email the team on moreorless@bbc.co.uk
Presenter: Lizzy McNeill Producer: Nicholas Barrett Series producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound mix: Giles Aspen Editor: Richard Vadon
What does it mean to be a victim, or a villain? What happens when the line between the two starts to blur? On 7th July 2010, Kelly Harnett says her abusive boyfriend murdered a man right in front of her. So how did she end up in prison for it? Anna Sinfield - the journalist behind the global number 1 podcast, The Girlfriends, returns with her toughest story yet. This series isn’t a whodunnit. It’s not even really about what happened. It’s about how a woman who was a victim of domestic violence became a villain in the eyes of the law. Found guilty of murder and locked up for over a decade; Kelly Harnett taught herself the law. And as she battled to overturn her conviction, she became a beacon of hope, fighting for the freedom of the abused women locked up alongside her.
Listen here and subscribe to The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!
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- Humanity, the Good feat. Andrew
- Humanity, the Bad feat. Andrew
- What Bombing Means for Freedom In Iran
- What Does the PKK's Disarmament Mean
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #25
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Sources/Links:
Humanity, the Good & the Bad, feat. Andrew
Humankind by Rutger Bregman
A Paradise Built In Hell by Rebecca Solnit
What Bombing Means for Freedom In Iran
https://www.instagram.com/kurdistanipeopleii
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #25
https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-help-for-bukets-asylum-case
https://x.com/WIRED/status/1945207066634657854
https://x.com/jeremyphoward/status/1943444549696917714
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c628d9mre3go
https://strangematters.coop/supply-chain-theory-of-inflation/
https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1945274627976200206
https://www.facebook.com/TimesofEswatini/
https://thedawn.com.ss/2025/07/10/govt-places-8-u-s-deportees-behind-bars-in-juba/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/politics/department-of-education-trump-dismantle-explainer
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/14/politics/supreme-court-firings-education
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/16/trump-tariffs-small-countries-00456401
https://www.ft.com/content/65b1fb44-6391-4f74-82db-2d7eb6aaafa9
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/economy/trump-says-trade-deal-with-indonesia
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/jul/15/spokane-ice-protesters-including-stuckart-arrested/
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Listen here and subscribe to The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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President Trump takes steps to file a lawsuit against the "Wall Street Journal" after it published a bawdy letter allegedly written by him to Jeffrey Epstein.
Three Los Angeles deputies killed in blast at a training facility.
U.S. completes prisoner swap involving Venezeula and El Salvador.
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