Massive Cuts Coming for UNICEF and UN Peacekeeping? Mark Leon Goldberg March 24, 2017 Colum Lynch has the scoop. “The White House budget office informed State Department officials this week that the adminis...
Dozens of Civilians Killed in US Strike Mark Leon Goldberg March 23, 2017 This raises the question of whether or not certain US rules of engagement have changed with President Trump? “An airstri...
What North Korea Wants Mark Leon Goldberg March 23, 2017 Why does North Korea keep testing its nuclear capabilities, despite tightening sanctions? What can the United Sta...
Is Torture Making a Comeback? Mark Leon Goldberg March 21, 2017 Will Trump bring back torture as US policy? He promised it on the campaign trail. And just days into office, word l...
This is How Many Lives Would Be Saved By An HIV Vaccine Alanna Shaikh March 24, 2017 A study published this week in a key scientific journal shows the extent to which developing even a moderately effective...
Biofilms and flesh-eating bacteria: Meet the World’s 12 Scariest Superbugs Alanna Shaikh March 2, 2017 We know now exactly which drug-resistant "superbugs" are most likely to kill us. This week, the World Health Organiza...
This is How Many Lives Would Be Saved By An HIV Vaccine Alanna Shaikh March 24, 2017 A study published this week in a key scientific journal shows the extent to which developing even a moderately effective vaccine would be a total game changer in humanity's 35 year fight against HIV. There is already one major HIV vaccine trial currently in...
UN Peacekeeping is not some charity. It Protects Americans and American Interests from Threats Abroad Mark Leon Goldberg March 23, 2017 Slashing funding to UNICEF is just cruel. But you can also make the case that preventing children in poor countries from needlessly dying is also in American interests. That argument is a bit of a bank shot though: extreme poverty can lead to instability, fost...
This is What Makes a Country “Happy” Penelope Starr March 22, 2017 The World Happiness Report confirms what we already know - that people living in societies where people take care of one another are better off than people in societies who are more focused on the individual than the community.
