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2) American Patriot newspaper (1852) mirrors what many now say about Muslims:"Disgorging themselves upon us, at the rate of Hundreds of Thousands Every Year! They aim at nothing short of
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1) "Sweden rape capital of the world" a common line in press and on social media. But, what would happen to Swedish rape statistics if rape laws, definitions and reporting
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1) As a US citizen in Sweden, I’m disturbed when I see the US right push the “Swedish model” for dealing with COVID19. It’s an utterly cynical, disingenuous position that
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1) European right targeting public service broadcasting. Current debate in Sweden & BBC under attack. If Europe wants glimpse of an informational world without public broadcasting, take a look at
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1) When people outside the US see images like this, they need to understand the depths to which the "armed individualist" is etched into US popular/political culture. I wrote that
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(1) About Trump, Twitter and "glorifying violence": cultures of violence don’t emerge overnight, and the US media need to do some serious soul-searching about decades of coverage before Trump became
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Took 24-48hrs for US-Euro media to largely forget that terrorists attacked maternity ward in #Afghanistan, with newborn children among the over 50 dead. The same media that told us for
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1) After 2014, intl media got obsessed with Sweden. Why? Refugees. Immigrants to Sweden, and Swedish policy, given heavy coverage. They were framed as a national "problem" and a "threat"
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1) As Sweden is hit hard by #COVID19, there is increasing focus on conservative local government in Stockholm -- Sweden's virus epicenter -- and how privatization of elderly care sector
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1) How do regional factors impact Sweden's #COVID19 deaths?Stockholm (pop 2.4m): 897 dead = 374 per milRest of Sweden (pop 7.8m): 614 dead = 79 per milSo, Sweden minus Stockholm
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1) New case from Denmark shows how #COVID19 exposes stupidity of "populist" laws targeting Muslims. (Most well-known is ban on face covering...ironic given current practice of face-covering.) The latest fail?
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1) Some words on impact of priviatized care on Sweden's #COVID19 numbers. First, the vast majority of those who have died in Stockholm have been over the age of 70.
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