Podcast: Bangladeshi Immigrant Rais Bhuiyan Survived a Hate Crime and Fought to Save from Execution the Man Who Shot Him On September 21, 2001, Rais Bhuiyan was working behind the counter at a gas station outside Dallas, Texas when a...
The UN Agency That Provides Humanitarian Relief for Palestinian Refugees is Facing a CrisisThe United Nations Relief and Works Agency, known as UNRWA, is facing a crisis. This is the humanitarian agency that...
The Trump Administrations Wants to Save Money at the UN. But At What Cost?At the Security Council yesterday, Nikki Haley announced that the United States would pay no more than 25% of the...
What John Bolton’s Ascension to the Most Important US Foreign Policy Position Means for the United NationsOf course, you likely know John Bolton’s quip about lobbing off the top ten floors of UN headquarters in New...
Podcast: The Wanjira Mathai InterviewWanjira Mathai is a Kenyan environmental and civic leader. She is the chair of the Wangari Mathai Foundation, which is...
The Commission on the Status of Women Has Concluded. What was accomplished? A UN Dispatch Q and AThe 62nd annual Commission of the Status of Women (CSW) concluded at the United Nations in New York City last week. Tens of...
I’ve been covering John Bolton Since 2005. Here’s what I have learnedThis is an excerpt from a piece I wrote for The Daily Beast I first started covering John Bolton in...
Jimmy Carter Defeats Mortal Enemy in South SudanYesterday, the minister of health for the country of South Sudan announced that they had successfully put a stop to...
The UN Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia is Coming to a Successful EndBy the end of this month the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia will no longer exist. The mission, known...