Interested in Andean, Caribbean, and East African affairs. Emphasis on economic development, politics, and human rights.
Current: RA at Center for Global Development; Former: Staff Writer at Prospect.
There may be no government response that can fully mitigate COVID-19's impact and maintain fairness for 2020's exam candidates. But high-stakes exams are unfair every year, not just during a pandemic: large differences in home support and access to resources are not new.
Politicians often claim elite schools are vehicles for social mobility. We look at the evidence on effects on the kids who attend elite schools-and on the kids who don't-to explore whether they live up to their hype.
By Aisha Ali Staff Writer Earlier last week, Puerto Rico's Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla announced that his government would be unable to make the $400 million debt payment due on Monday. This comes after the Puerto Rican Senate and House of Representatives passed an emergency declaration in April meant to allow the governor to suspend payments on the country's $72 billion debt.
By Aisha Ali Staff Writer This past January, Bolivia celebrated the 10-year anniversary of President Evo Morales' historic inauguration as the country's first indigenous president. A presidential parade in La Paz and a trending topic on Twitter, #10AñosConEvo (10 Years with Evo), highlighted the changes Morales made over the last decade.
By Aisha Ali Staff Writer When a boat carrying over 700 refugees capsized off the coast of Italy last April, it sent the Western world into shock. Only three days earlier, another ship from Libya with 400 refugee passengers sunk as well. By the end of 2015, nearly 3,000 refugees had died en route to...
By Staff Writer Aisha Ali Addis Ababa welcomed a new mode of transportation for the city's 3.3 million residents when its light rail system became fully operational in mid-September of this year. Servicing 32 stations throughout Ethiopia's capital, the new light rail is the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa and only the fifth...
By Aisha Ali Staff Writer In late February, amid terror attacks and a double-digit drop in tourism, Istanbul hosted representatives from over 50 countries and 11 international organizations for the High-Level Partnership Forum (HPLF). The goal of the two-day event was to discuss the reconstruction of post-war Somalia, with specific emphasis on national security, youth engagement, and women's empowerment.
By Author Aisha Ali Three weeks ago, the Dominican Republic's Consul General of New York stripped Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz of his Order of Merit, awarded to him in 2009, over claims that he is "anti-Dominican". Diaz immigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic as a child in 1974, and has spent most of his life in the U.S.