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Costa Rica: Trump in Court

April 1, 2023. Published in La Nacion

The most important part of the New York trial is that, with it, the barrier — or rather, the precedent — that was protecting Trump has been removed.

OPD: 4/1/2023 Edited by Patricia Simoni, proofing in progress

Bahrain: America, the Oppressive Racist, in the Cage of International Indictment

Robin Koerner - December 16, 2014. Published in Akhbar Al Khaleej

Canada: America’s Correctional System Is Utterly Disgraceful

Robin Koerner - December 13, 2014. Published in National Post

Canada: The Two Conflicting Narratives of Ferguson

Robin Koerner - December 4, 2014. Published in The Globe and Mail

Nuance doesn’t play well on cable TV, or even in The New York Times. Everyone will use Ferguson to confirm their version of the existing narrative.

Germany: The Unheard

Robin Koerner - November 27, 2014. Published in Die Tageszeitung

It was no surprise that the grand jury declined to charge the police officer who fired the fatal shots in Ferguson, Missouri. That's what is so frustrating.

Canada: America’s Ferguson Protests Put Police Authority on Trial

Robin Koerner - November 26, 2014. Published in CBC

Canada: The Many Stages of Ferguson

Robin Koerner - November 26, 2014. Published in National Post

The only reasonable explanation, then and now, was that the police were completely out of control and didn’t like anyone keeping tabs on what they were doing.