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The FPA’s Must Reads (May 1 – May 7)
Patan, Nepal (Photo: cpcmollet via Flickr).
Nepal, Before and After the Earthquake
The New York times Magazine
Text by Jon Mooallem/Photographs by Giles Price
With pictures as beautiful and saddening as the text that describes them, The New York times Magazine depicts the beauty of Nepal and its people, and the destruction of their country after a major earthquake last week.
The Right to Blaspheme
The Atlantic
By David Frum
In response to the attempted terror attack in Garland, T.X., David Frum makes the distinction between hate speech and blasphemy, and what freedom of speech entails.
The Aesthetic Failure of ‘Charlie Hebdo’
The New Republic
By Jeet Heer
In the months following the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris, a debate has broken out about the satire magazine’s refusal to modernize its message.
What Happens in Atomic City Stays in Atomic City
Medium
By Cassie Benjamin
The Manhattan Project was the secret U.S. initiative to construct an atomic bomb to help end World War II. Keeping it hidden from enemies was obvious, but the extent to which it was hidden from the thousands of employees is surprising.
A League of His Own
Bloomberg Business
By Tariq Panja, Andrew Martin, and Vernon Silver
Bloomberg Business published an in-depth feature on the divisive FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, and the political orchestrating he navigates while controlling the world’s most popular game.
Blogs:
An Israel Itinerary for Scott Walker by Josh Klemons
Defending Europe by Michael Crowley
Why We All Innately Know What Justice Should Be by Richard Basas
Forty Years After the War, Vietnam Welcomes the U.S. by Gary Sands
Source: http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2015/05/08/the-fpas-must-reads-may-1-may-7-2/
