Marcus Mabry

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As you can imagine, the war in Israel and Gaza dominated the list this year. And, tragically, there were too many mass shootings in America to remember. But I was also surprised at how many off-beat stories made our list too — reminding us how much you need stories that not only inform, enlighten and explain, but delight, too.

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The war in Ukraine dominated the year like no other news, proving, as the pandemic has, that our interests are global and our news coverage needs to be, too.

The war in Ukraine dominated the year like no other news, proving, as the pandemic has, that our interests are global and our news coverage needs to be, too.

Marcus Mabry writes that the practice of realpolitik does not consider the morality of allowing a smaller country to be swallowed by a larger one, or a democratic one to be crushed by an authoritarian one. But that is the whole point of realpolitik.

It was one of those moments that shows in stark relief the difference between being Black in America and being White in America.

It was one of those moments that shows in stark relief the difference between being Black in America and being White in America.

Marcus Mabry writes that white outrage over abusive policing and swelling support for the Black Lives Matter movement make him hopeful that America is living through a moment of fundamental societal change

The strong response to Jeremy Kappell’s on-air slur, whether intentionally uttered or not, and the speed of his station’s firing him show the powerful emotion around the slur and casual, offhand utterances like it, Marcus Mabry writes.

The United States has relinquished much of its global leadership under President Trump, who in many ways epitomizes a post-Cold War world. It is not a New World Order that the first President Bush could have imagined.

The United States has relinquished much of its global leadership under President Trump, who in many ways epitomizes a post-Cold War world. It is not a New World Order that the first President Bush could have imagined.