One Solution to Climate Change and Growing Healthier Food Is Right Under Our...
Imagine if we could quickly reduce the threat of climate change and grow healthier crops at the same time, without the sacrifice the coal and oil industry tells us are inevitable! Turns out we can, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Plaza Altamira, Venezuela Opposition Stronghold, Taken By Government Forces
Venezuela's authorities deployed hundreds of security forces, including troops in combat gear, into an opposition stronghold early Monday to stamp out protests against the leftist government of...
View ArticleIsrael's Haredim (Ultra-Orthodox) on the Front Lines: How the New...
On Wednesday, March 12, the Knesset forever changed the shape of Israeli society by passing a law that will conscript most Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) young men into the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)...
View ArticleThousands Of People Donated Their Photos To Make One Powerful Image Of A...
One campaign is taking an artistic approach to raising awareness about the humanitarian crisis in Syria. To mark the third anniversary of the Syrian conflict, international charity Save the Children...
View ArticleInvestigators Consider Suicide As Possible Motive In Malaysia Airlines Plane...
By Anshuman Daga and Yantoultra Ngui KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Reuters) - The co-pilot of a missing Malaysian jetliner spoke the last words heard from the cockpit, the airline's chief executive said on...
View ArticleMoroccan Media CEO and Mid-East Policy Adviser in Washington
Delighting human-rights activists, Morocco has just adopted sweeping legal reforms that bar military tribunals from trying civilians. Now, even civilians suspected for plotting the violent overthrow of...
View ArticleLessons From Ukraine's Crisis
The referendum that occurred on Sunday in Crimea was a flagrant violation of Ukraine's constitution. And it was held amidst a Russian military occupation supposedly mounted to defend ethnic Russians on...
View ArticleJoe Biden Heading To Europe To Send Signal To Putin
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is heading to Europe to send a clear signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin (POO'-tihn) about his intervention in Ukraine. Biden leaves Monday evening for...
View ArticleOut Of Control
WASHINGTON — WHEN mass murderers took over the cockpits of four American airliners on Sept. 11, 2001, one of the first things they did was turn off the transponders, so the planes would not register...
View ArticleRussia 'Planned Wall Street Bear Raid'
The depth of mistrust between the two was highlighted in the interview given by Hank Paulson, the former US treasury secretary, for my recent BBC Two documentary, How China Fooled The World.
View ArticleNorthern Irish Travel to D.C. to Advocate for Colombian Peace and Cease Fire
One of the most underreported stories in the U.S. is the ongoing Colombian peace process. That the Colombian government and FARC rebels may be nearing a settlement to end the 50-year-old conflict in...
View ArticleMalala Yousafzai's Dad At TED2014: 'I Am Known By My Daughter And Proud Of It'
He comes from a part of the world that keeps its women hidden and powerless, yet Ziauddin Yousafzai couldn’t be happier that his daughter is the reason he has become a household name. Yousafzai’s...
View Article10 Mysterious Airplane Disasters That Remain Unsolved (VIDEO)
As the world is searching for answers to what may have happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, many have turned to previous accidents for clues. This video released by the YouTube...
View ArticleEquality for Women Is Progress for All
I've been blessed in my life to do work that I love -- advancing social justice and equality. Now I am taking the lessons I learned from our struggle to end apartheid and establish democracy in South...
View ArticleIs Crimea Obama's Fault? Why Deterrence Failed in Crimea
Russia's military occupation and unrecognized annexation of the Crimean Peninsula underscore its willingness to defy the threats and demands of the United States. Why has American deterrence been so...
View ArticleGreenpeace Activists Occupy French Nuclear Plant
PARIS (AP) — About 60 Greenpeace activists mounted the roof of a nuclear reactor in eastern France on Tuesday, staging an hours-long protest against this country's reliance on atomic power — before...
View ArticleHaiti Drought Causes 'Extreme Emergency'
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A drought is causing an extreme emergency in northeast Haiti, wiping out sorely needed crops and livestock, an official said Tuesday. Pierre Gary Mathieu of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In the Age of the Selfie, Privacy Still Paramount
As Americans and people around the world grow increasingly wary of the U.S. government's mass surveillance program, it is our obligation to speak up. As a former prisoner of conscience in South Africa...
View ArticleWhen Women Have It All
A couple of weeks ago, the world came together to celebrate International Women's Day. Last week and this week, the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is taking place in New...
View Article"Americanah" Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Speaks At The Aspen Institute
On March 14th, award-winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received the National Book Critics Circle Award for her most recent novel, Americanah. The Aspen Institute Arts Program recently...
View Article