Gregory Feifer
@gregoryfeifer.bsky.social
Journalist, author of Russians and other books, executive director of the Institute of Current World Affairs, member of the resistance
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For ICWA's centenary, ICWA alumni Joseph Battat, Bacete Bwogo, William Foote & Joel Millman will discuss tariffs & anti-migration policies dominating the international agenda. Open to the public. Register to join us on Nov 14 at @swedeninusa.bsky.social in DC: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
For ICWA's centenary, ICWA alumni Joseph Battat, Bacete Bwogo, William Foote & Joel Millman will discuss tariffs & anti-migration policies dominating the international agenda. Open to the public. Register to join us on Nov 14 at @swedeninusa.bsky.social in DC: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...
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I care. I think you do, too. The swamp is now a damn tar pit.
October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I care. I think you do, too. The swamp is now a damn tar pit.
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Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said that his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he recently criticized US President Donald Trump. https://cnn.it/47eh4v5
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said that his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he recently criticized US President Donald Trump. https://cnn.it/47eh4v5
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Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
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Although Norway's Arendal Week democracy festival attempts to break down the elitism of access politics, financial and professional heavyweights still dominate, ICWA fellow @brettvsimpson.bsky.social writes: icwa.org/norway-democ...
Is this the model democracy? - ICWA
At Arendal Week democracy festival, ICWA fellow Brett Simpson digs into the contradictions of Norway's oil-funded progressivism.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Although Norway's Arendal Week democracy festival attempts to break down the elitism of access politics, financial and professional heavyweights still dominate, ICWA fellow @brettvsimpson.bsky.social writes: icwa.org/norway-democ...
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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To celebrate ICWA's 100th birthday, we're gathering alumni experts in Washington DC for a day of discussions on advancing democracy, a sustainable environment, equitability & culture at a pivotal moment in history. The event is open to the public. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...
The World We Want to Live In
As ICWA marks its centenary, expert alumni discuss key challenges for democracy, the environment, economies and equitability, and culture.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
To celebrate ICWA's 100th birthday, we're gathering alumni experts in Washington DC for a day of discussions on advancing democracy, a sustainable environment, equitability & culture at a pivotal moment in history. The event is open to the public. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...
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"As I discovered aboard the Dana, crossing an ocean that comprises over 70% of Arctic geography, my worldview had been as yet—quite myopically—terrestrially bound." ICWA fellow @brettvsimpson.bsky.social reports from a ship researching climate change in the Arctic Ocean. www.icwa.org/arctic-ocean...
Twenty days at sea - ICWA
ICWA fellow Brett Simpson reports about three weeks aboard a research ship tracking climate change in the Arctic Ocean.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"As I discovered aboard the Dana, crossing an ocean that comprises over 70% of Arctic geography, my worldview had been as yet—quite myopically—terrestrially bound." ICWA fellow @brettvsimpson.bsky.social reports from a ship researching climate change in the Arctic Ocean. www.icwa.org/arctic-ocean...
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In 2001, Brazil established greater protections for people with mental & behavioral disorders, creating a legal framework for non-institutional forms of health care & establishing the Psychosocial Care Network, Rowland Robinson reports from Fortaleza: www.icwa.org/brazil-tangl...
An introduction to Brazil’s tangled drug policy - ICWA
ICWA Fellow Rowland Robinson reports on drug addiction policy in Brazil’s national health service, Sistema Único de Saude.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
In 2001, Brazil established greater protections for people with mental & behavioral disorders, creating a legal framework for non-institutional forms of health care & establishing the Psychosocial Care Network, Rowland Robinson reports from Fortaleza: www.icwa.org/brazil-tangl...
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Is Norway the model democracy? ICWA fellow @brettvsimpson.bsky.social digs into the contradictions of the nation's oil-funded, pro-renewables progressivism: www.icwa.org/norway-democ...
Is this the model democracy? - ICWA
At Arendal Week democracy festival, ICWA fellow Brett Simpson digs into the contradictions of Norway's oil-funded progressivism.
www.icwa.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Is Norway the model democracy? ICWA fellow @brettvsimpson.bsky.social digs into the contradictions of the nation's oil-funded, pro-renewables progressivism: www.icwa.org/norway-democ...
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In the face of adversity, the stories of those who risk everything for the sake of freedom and justice should inspire us to reaffirm our commitment and work tirelessly to protect and promote democracy in every corner of the globe, Suren Avanesyan writes for Compass: compass.icwa.org/p/defending-...
Defending our ideals in the face of adversity
Democracy is about our rights.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In the face of adversity, the stories of those who risk everything for the sake of freedom and justice should inspire us to reaffirm our commitment and work tirelessly to protect and promote democracy in every corner of the globe, Suren Avanesyan writes for Compass: compass.icwa.org/p/defending-...
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That’s what you get when you close the government and screw with the Park Service.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Trump-Epstein statue returns to National Mall
The Park Service had removed the installation, saying that it was out of compliance with its previous permit.
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October 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
That’s what you get when you close the government and screw with the Park Service.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Ongoing theme: student-run @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social is place for news on Trump's attempts to take down Harvard.
Eg today: cuts Harvard already making, because of $ Trump has illegally (per court ruling) frozen. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
College papers overall the go-to news source
Eg today: cuts Harvard already making, because of $ Trump has illegally (per court ruling) frozen. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
College papers overall the go-to news source
Harvard FAS To ‘Significantly’ Reduce Graduate Program Admissions Amid Budget Tightening | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will admit new Ph.D. students “at significantly reduced levels” this year as Harvard shrinks its budgets in response to mounting federal funding pressures, according t...
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October 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Ongoing theme: student-run @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social is place for news on Trump's attempts to take down Harvard.
Eg today: cuts Harvard already making, because of $ Trump has illegally (per court ruling) frozen. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
College papers overall the go-to news source
Eg today: cuts Harvard already making, because of $ Trump has illegally (per court ruling) frozen. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
College papers overall the go-to news source
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Trustee & former fellow Katherine Kono spent her ICWA fellowship (1993–1995) in Saudi Arabia, France, Algeria, Yemen & Egypt, studying tradition & modernity in the Arab world. In this dispatch from Algiers, she reports on growing tensions between Islamists & police:
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ICWA@100: The unlikeliest of reunions
A mounting power struggle split families in 1990s Algeria.
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August 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Trustee & former fellow Katherine Kono spent her ICWA fellowship (1993–1995) in Saudi Arabia, France, Algeria, Yemen & Egypt, studying tradition & modernity in the Arab world. In this dispatch from Algiers, she reports on growing tensions between Islamists & police:
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Former ICWA fellow Sharon Griffin Doorasamy reflects on South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and her own family's history as Black slaves and domestic servants in the US in this intimate 1996 dispatch: compass.icwa.org/p/icwa100-th...
ICWA@100: Thelma’s shoes
Sharon Griffin Doorasamy on post-apartheid South Africa.
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August 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Former ICWA fellow Sharon Griffin Doorasamy reflects on South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and her own family's history as Black slaves and domestic servants in the US in this intimate 1996 dispatch: compass.icwa.org/p/icwa100-th...
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For Compass, Marvin Kalb reflects on his mentor and the subject of the Broadway play "Good Night and Good Luck," CBS’s incomparable Edward R. Murrow, and asks, Who will stand up for the truth in our time? compass.icwa.org/p/murrow-a-j...
Edward R. Murrow, a journalist of a different era
Who will stand up for the truth in our time?
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August 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
For Compass, Marvin Kalb reflects on his mentor and the subject of the Broadway play "Good Night and Good Luck," CBS’s incomparable Edward R. Murrow, and asks, Who will stand up for the truth in our time? compass.icwa.org/p/murrow-a-j...
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We all should.
For Compass, Marvin Kalb reflects on his mentor and the subject of the Broadway play "Good Night and Good Luck," CBS’s incomparable Edward R. Murrow, and asks, Who will stand up for the truth in our time? compass.icwa.org/p/murrow-a-j...
Edward R. Murrow, a journalist of a different era
Who will stand up for the truth in our time?
compass.icwa.org
August 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
We all should.
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Polina Barskova reviews @princetonupress.bsky.social's republication of The Third Reich of Dreams: The Nightmares of a Nation, a collection of dreams recorded in 1930s Germany by Charlotte Beradt. The book offers glimpses into how we process hostile realities: compass.icwa.org/p/dreams-com...
Dreams come back to haunt us
A new translation reflects how people under authoritarianism process reality.
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August 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Polina Barskova reviews @princetonupress.bsky.social's republication of The Third Reich of Dreams: The Nightmares of a Nation, a collection of dreams recorded in 1930s Germany by Charlotte Beradt. The book offers glimpses into how we process hostile realities: compass.icwa.org/p/dreams-com...
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"The real problem is the depth of American disillusion with the cost of being a global leader," Michael Ignatieff tells Compass's Robert Coalson. "Trump has been the first to ask, 'What’s in it for us?' so directly, but he won’t be the last." compass.icwa.org/p/this-is-no...
‘This is not the end of moral universalism’
A conversation with Michael Ignatieff
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September 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"The real problem is the depth of American disillusion with the cost of being a global leader," Michael Ignatieff tells Compass's Robert Coalson. "Trump has been the first to ask, 'What’s in it for us?' so directly, but he won’t be the last." compass.icwa.org/p/this-is-no...
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For Compass, Paul Starobin examines Russian exile media, a vibrant independent press covering the country from abroad with the aid of staff working anonymously from within: compass.icwa.org/p/how-to-rea...
How to read Russian exile media
At a time of war and repression, a vibrant independent press covers the country from abroad.
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September 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
For Compass, Paul Starobin examines Russian exile media, a vibrant independent press covering the country from abroad with the aid of staff working anonymously from within: compass.icwa.org/p/how-to-rea...
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News organizations worldwide have called on US Department of Homeland Security to withdraw its plan to reduce the amount of time foreign correspondents may stay in the US to 240 days, down from the traditionally permitted 5 years, Elizabeth Wise reports for Compass:
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International media protest US plan to limit journalist visas
The policy would threaten global reporting about America, they say.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
News organizations worldwide have called on US Department of Homeland Security to withdraw its plan to reduce the amount of time foreign correspondents may stay in the US to 240 days, down from the traditionally permitted 5 years, Elizabeth Wise reports for Compass:
open.substack.com/pub/compass1...
open.substack.com/pub/compass1...
This kind of irresponsible analysis is partly why we’re facing fascism. Today’s parallel isn’t the aftermath of MLK’s assassination in 1968. Only one side is calling for retribution and domination. It’s the burning of the Reichstag in 1933.
Wrestling Over Charlie Kirk’s Legacy and the Divide in America
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September 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
This kind of irresponsible analysis is partly why we’re facing fascism. Today’s parallel isn’t the aftermath of MLK’s assassination in 1968. Only one side is calling for retribution and domination. It’s the burning of the Reichstag in 1933.
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You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others?
David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
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David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
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Law enforcement officers remember police officer killed in CDC shooting in Atlanta
Weeks after David Rose was killed while responding to a shooting this month at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, officers are remembering the DeKalb County police officer as a courageous leader who pri...
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September 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others?
David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
apnews.com/article/deka...
David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
apnews.com/article/deka...
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NATO, and above all Donald Trump, now face a moment of truth. Unless the response is immediate and unequivocal, Russia will see weakness
The Kremlin’s plot to kill NATO’s credibility
The alliance needs an emphatic response to Russian air incursions
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September 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
NATO, and above all Donald Trump, now face a moment of truth. Unless the response is immediate and unequivocal, Russia will see weakness
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Like you I've seen all the pics people post here abt the steady increase of tacky gold crap he keeps adding to the oval office. But somehow it wasn't until I saw this picture that it just hit me. What the actual fuck. Like a Vegas whorehouse.
August 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Like you I've seen all the pics people post here abt the steady increase of tacky gold crap he keeps adding to the oval office. But somehow it wasn't until I saw this picture that it just hit me. What the actual fuck. Like a Vegas whorehouse.