by Danielle Park
Juggling Dynamite
Excellent article and reminder on what the US can learn from Brexit: immigration will continue to overwhelm western borders and economies unless and until we look at how to help improve living conditions in the nations people are fleeing. Hint: the west has caused a lot of the current imbalances through destructive environmental and foreign policies. The most effective antidote is to arrest the environmental strain we are causing while investing in access to education and clean water in the countries people are fleeing, so they don’t have to leave home. See Brexit is a symptom of globalization’s deeper ills: