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![Familiar Avalos: AMLO, Trump, and the Caravan](https://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/104158424_hi050353952-e1542048721745.jpg)
Familiar Avalos: AMLO, Trump, and the Caravan
Hopefully, the caravan will inspire the U.S. and Mexico to re-evaluate how they approach immigration enforcement.
![A Month On: India’s LGBTQ Rights Ruling](https://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/0-e1541692307495.jpg)
A Month On: India’s LGBTQ Rights Ruling
It is really important in this global context that the Indian Supreme Court has come out so strongly to speak of minority rights and to see itself as a protector of minorities.
![Thank You for Voting: Has an Historic Election Delivered a New Zimbabwe?](https://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Posters-e1541472295960-scaled.jpg)
Thank You for Voting: Has an Historic Election Delivered a New Zimbabwe?
“We need to pray,” Chipo said. “Because this country is headed for disaster.”
![Caravans of Death: Daniel Ortega’s Revolutionary Legacy and The Crisis in Nicaragua](https://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nicaraguaprotest2-e1541471863788.jpg)
Caravans of Death: Daniel Ortega’s Revolutionary Legacy and The Crisis in Nicaragua
In Nicaragua, speaking out against the government is now a matter of life and death.
![Breaking Down the Ivory Tower, Tile by Tile](https://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/experience-99-1-maravilla-universitaria-2_1141x478_cropFromCenter-e1541387034447.jpg)
Breaking Down the Ivory Tower, Tile by Tile
“He certainly celebrates the liberating power of education—but he cautions against its dangers as well.”
![Familiar Avalos: Morena’s Great Power and Responsibility](https://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AP_MexicanCongress-e1540857852164.jpg)
Familiar Avalos: Morena’s Great Power and Responsibility
Morena’s overwhelming popular mandate means that it could ignore the opposition if it wanted to in most cases, but it would be doing itself a favor by acknowledging and listening to criticism.
![Familiar Avalos: AMLO’s Stage Fright](https://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/amlo-ah-005.jpg_423392900-e1539657622924.jpg)
Familiar Avalos: AMLO’s Stage Fright
For the sake of both the country and his legacy, López Obrador should learn from his mistakes and leave the scapegoating in the past.
![When Pop Goes Political: Ugandan Singer Bobi Wine Challenges an Entrenched Regime](https://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/30441294_10157312045918012_80175249731092480_o-e1539144631710.jpg)
When Pop Goes Political: Ugandan Singer Bobi Wine Challenges an Entrenched Regime
“Those bullets were meant for me,” Bobi Wine told me.