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NewsNorth Carolina’s Huge Risks with Rising Sea Levels
Despite the obvious danger that rising sea levels pose to communities on the Gulf Coast, tensions over climate change are flaring most...
Roméo Dallaire: Leaving the Senate But Not the Life of Service
In Canada, Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire is a household name. When asked in elementary school to write a composition on a Canadian Hero,...
Pirates, the Printing Press and Global Democracy
Cell phones have facilitated access to health care for millions of people living in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mobile applications are enhancing government accountability...
Global CooperationThink Globally, Act Locally
I never would have imagined that my 2010 summer in Egypt would change the trajectory of my life. However, my time there...
Climate JusticeThe Climate Is Changing, and So Should Its Message
Climate change, and the campaign surrounding it, has evolved significantly over the last decade. Just look at its name: it went from...
Latin Diaspora, US Southern Border, and… China??
It would be much easier to move the US southern border further south to where it is only about five hundred miles...
Global JusticeUN Peacekeeping in Syria and Iraq: Why not?
"Do you see UN Peacekeeping as a viable option to help solve the humanitarian crises in Syria and Iraq?” I asked Hervé...
Peace & DisarmamentThe Debate on UN Funding
$1.5 billion. That was the amount of the United States' debt to the United Nations at the beginning of the 2009 fiscal...
FIFA: For the Game. For the World.
Soccer (football) is the beautiful game. As an American this might sound strange, but I am thoroughly convinced that no sport trumps...
Hey FIFA, Which Team Are You Playing For?
FIFA, and subsequently the World Cup, has received criticism from many for its corruption, human rights violations, and the problems it has...
Global JusticeAfter Tragedy: Rejecting the Option for Destruction
Last Monday brought a devastating conclusion to the 18-day search for three missing teenagers in Israel with the discovery of the bodies...