Policy in Perspective from The LBJ School of Public Affairs

Author: Samer Yousif

Global Policy Studies & International Security

Empowering Innovators to Tackle the World’s Most Pressing Issues

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Post date July 14, 2017
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Photo: Indi Samarjiva CC 2.0 2017 Crook Fellow Samer Yousif is interning this summer with Ashoka, a nonprofit that supports a worldwide network of social entrepreneurs in their mission to address development issues in their own localities. Here he updates us on his work evaluating the impact of these entrepreneurs’ initiatives: The capitalist structure has […]

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Sudanese-Americans Struggling for Hope in Trump’s America

Post author By Samer Yousif
Post date February 7, 2017
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Photo: Morguefile Like many people waking up last Saturday morning, I was shocked by President Trump’s executive order restricting immigration and banning refugees from entering the United States. As a Sudanese-American Muslim holding dual citizenship, I am anxious and confused as to how this may affect my family and thousands of others. Like many immigrants, […]

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