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Global Cooperation10 Horrifying Facts about Nuclear Weapons
This article was originally published for BogglingFacts. It has been cross-posted with the permission of author Reagan M. On August 6, 1945,...
Climate JusticeKey Elements of the Paris Climate Agreement: Deepening International Action
This article was originally published for the NRDC. It has been cross-posted with the permission of author Jake Schmidt. World leaders are...
Global JusticeOn this National Day of Giving
This year, GivingTuesday is arriving just in time. We're seeing four million refugees fleeing Syria; 38 million people worldwide internally displaced from...
Silent Violence Against Women
How many victims of silence there are, and at what cost! Silence has its laws and its demands.... Silence demands that its...
Human RightsBelarus: The Wild Card
It seems that every time I look at my phone, there is a news alert telling me about a new catastrophe somewhere...
Global JusticeThe Refugee Crisis: How the United Nations is Dealing with the Problem
The events of November 13th have truly rocked civilized peoples of the world to the core. For many Parisians, it was just...
Global JusticeConvention on the Rights of the Child: The Vital Role of NGOs
When the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was unanimously adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on November 20,...
Climate Justice“Think global, act local”
Climate change. Terrorism. Nuclear warfare. Pandemics. Today more than ever, we are being confronted with issues that are global in nature. Gone...
Global JusticeToo Young For Marriage: Why Children Wed and What You Can Do to Help
When you're a teenager, there is a lot to worry about—school grades, friend groups, identity—but for 700 million women alive today, they...
Human RightsKeeping Hearts and Borders Open
In the wake of the terrorist attacks that shook Paris last Friday, many have turned to analyze the alleged organizers of the...
Global JusticeParis Attacks: Symbols and Choices
The Islamic State (ISIS, or Daesh in Arabic) either is using a good public relations firm or has its own agents to...