Tag: United Nations
To reduce world hunger, governments need to think beyond making food...
Michael Fakhri, University of Oregon and Ntina Tzouvala, Australian National University
According to a new United Nations report, global rates of hunger and malnutrition are...
The Life and Mission of Atul Tandon, Recipient of Life &...
Ending Extreme Poverty
Atul Tandon is fighting for one big goal: to end extreme poverty in his lifetime.
An Indian-born banker, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who is...
The Madrid climate conference’s real failure was not getting a broad...
Robert Stavins, Harvard Kennedy School
Press accounts of the Madrid climate conference that adjourned on Dec. 15 are calling it a failure in the face...
Youth climate movement puts ethics at the center of the global...
Marion Hourdequin, Colorado College
Even if you’ve never heard of Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environmentalist who crossed the Atlantic on a sailboat to attend...
When America had an open prison – the story of Kenyon...
Emily Nagisa Keehn, Harvard University and Dana Walters, Harvard University
In a country with mass incarceration, horrific prison conditions and a penal system suffused with...
Russia isn’t the first country to protest Western control over global...
Sarah Nelson, Vanderbilt University
As the international community becomes increasingly concerned about misinformation and data breaches, the Russian government has announced plans to test its...
Why we’ll miss George H.W. Bush, America’s last foreign policy president
James Goldgeier, American University School of International Service
There are many reasons to miss George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States. A...
Why companies should help pay for the biodiversity that’s good for...
Why companies should help pay for the biodiversity that’s good for their bottom lin
Joanne Burgess, Colorado State University and Edward Barbier, Colorado State University
In...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
