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In 2016, some 11,100 Nigerian women landed in Sicily, and 80% entered a life of forced prostitution, according to estimateshttps://econ.st/2JZzs1U 

You can learn a lot about a society by examining who or what it reveres. You can learn more by studying what it is afraid ofhttps://econ.st/2yw5OM4 

”When they go low, we go high.” Michelle Obama’s grand words from 2016 have withered in the heat of the new erahttps://econ.st/2Meo9j3 

Since he became president, his monstrous tendencies have emerged in a brutal anti-drugs campaign and authoritarian rantshttps://econ.st/2yy7pkG 

John Podsnap was convinced of England’s superiority. Many people in Britain today suffer from the opposite delusionhttps://econ.st/2MgWqOq 

Large firms are using algorithms to screen candidates seeking junior jobshttps://econ.st/2MiqKIr 

.@legroff’s language is alive to the Sunshine State’s lush, beguiling beautyhttps://econ.st/2thsYRE 

A new generation of e-bikes and e-scooters are sure to become a permanent part of the urban-mobility mixhttps://econ.st/2MfSf5D 

The notion of the late Habsburg era as a warning coexists with nostalgia for its glamour—epitomised by the gold leaf on a Klimt paintinghttps://econ.st/2MclLJs 

.@QueerEye is a makeover show, but one which brings contemporary issues to the fore in almost every episodehttps://econ.st/2ylWoCU 

Support for leaving has declined notably in the two years since the Brexit votehttps://econ.st/2tlkNnf 

City officials hope that such a symbolic investment will direct more development westwardhttps://econ.st/2K2KF1C 

Economists often find that poor residents are more likely to stay put if they live in gentrifying neighbourhoodshttps://econ.st/2MimIA7 

The ideas of Michel Foucault help explain one of the most important, but least understood, skills in businesshttps://econ.st/2tgW5Ez 

America’s withdrawal will only make it harder to improve a body that has, despite its flaws, shown signs of promisehttps://econ.st/2tjVeTp 

America has lost a fifth of its newspapers since 2004. But local dailies and weeklies still account for 60% of all papers soldhttps://econ.st/2Mfe9FZ 

In his dissent, Chief Justice Roberts took issue with the majority’s claim that tax rule brings fiscal devastation to the stateshttps://econ.st/2tlxfU1 

Elections among hereditary peers undermine an undemocratic, but still effective, part of Britain’s political systemhttps://econ.st/2MbAAMr