Nik Steinberg

Human Rights Watch

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Nik Steinberg is a senior adviser to the president of Columbia University. He formerly served as a senior researcher in the Americas Division at Human Rights Watch, and as a counselor and speechwriter to then-Ambassador Samantha Power.

Nik Steinberg on KCRW

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Mexico's new President wants to shift attention away from severed heads, mass graves and bodies hanging from bridges to a growing economy.

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