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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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June 16, 2015
Elections and Voting
Campaign 2016: Governor Jeb Bush, GOP Presidential Candidate
We have had two presidents who were the fathers of presidents. We have had a president who was the grandfather of a president. We have even had presidents who were fifth cousins. But we have never ha…
June 11, 2012
Defense and Security
Ask the Experts: Preventing Sexual Violence
Last week, forty members of Congress re-introduced the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA). As Amnesty International’s Cristina Finch explains, the I-VAWA “would coordinate and improve …
December 1, 2015
Global
Ten Historical Anniversaries of Note in 2016
As 2015 comes to a close, here are ten notable historical anniversaries to mark in 2016.
March 30, 2012
Defense and Security
Friday File: Obama’s Open Mic Gaffe
Above the Fold. President Obama got himself into hot water this week when he was overhead telling Russian president Dmitri Medvedev he would have “more flexibility” on issues like missile defense aft…
April 20, 2008
Economics
Inequality in America
Unions in the American manufacturing sector used to have the bargaining power to secure a middle class wage for their members. Not any more. And no one else – apart from corporate CEOs, hedge fu…