Jacinda Ardern’s Next Big Test
2/25/20
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from TIME Magazine,
2/20/20:
istory came fast at Jacinda Ardern. Just a few years ago, in 2017, having been a local Member of Parliament for a matter of months, she became a Hail Mary candidate for Prime Minister, a millennial woman thrown into an election at the last minute to resurrect the fortunes of her slumping party in a Pacific Island nation of 4.8 million people.
Her response to the events of the past 12 months has propelled her to the kind of global prominence none of her predecessors enjoyed while in office.
The New Zealand Prime Minister earned international acclaim for her leadership in the face of tragedy. Now she has to persuade her country to keep the faith.
Health care costs undermine working class lives.
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