Air Pollution is Probably Much More Dangerous Than You Think. Especially for KidsAir pollution is deadly. It doesn’t generally cause deaths directly. Instead, it’s an exacerbating factor, contributing to lung diseases like...
What happens after the Horrifically Violent War on Drugs in the Philippines Ends?Since assuming office in June, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has caused plenty of controversy. Beyond undiplomatic comments and a growing...
Here’s What Happens When Thousands of Fireworks are Set Off in the World’s Most Polluted CityResidents of the Indian capital Delhi woke up this morning to record-breaking smog suffocating the city. Millions of people last...
Russia Blocked from Human Rights CouncilUPDATE: Evidence that competitive elections work: In a stunning rebuke, Russia lost to Hungary and Croatia. It will not be joining the...
An American Ally…Where Listening to Voice of America Was Just Banned?Nearly a year of protests against land reform issues and heavy-handed government policies is starting to take its toll on...
UN Approves Haiti Cholera Compensation Plan. But Who Will Actually Pay for It?The United Nations has agreed to compensate the victims of Haiti’s cholera outbreak as part of a $400 million aid...
This will not be the end of “The Jungle”This week France started the long-awaited shutdown of the notorious Jungle refugee camp outside the city of Calais. Billed as...
Where Risk of a “Rigged” Election is Very Real, Major Unrest ExpectedThere is a major crisis looming in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. President Joseph Kabila is facing a constitutionally...
Samantha Power: “It is not hard to understand why some people feel let down that a woman was not chosen as the next UN Secretary-General.”Campaigners in and out of the United Nations had hoped that for the first time in 70 years, the United...