| Jun 18, 2012 | Environment / HealthA close friend of mine in Fairfax, Virginia, is expecting her first child. By the time this baby girl turns 60, she’ll live in a world that’s warmer than it’s ever been since humans began walking the Earth 2.5 million years ago, according to a new...
| Jun 16, 2012 | Environment / HealthPresident Barack Obama may be steering clear of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, but thousands of government delegates, civil society activists, and business lobbyists are already streaming into Brazil. I arrived last night and will blog throughout this UN Conference on...
| Jun 4, 2012 | Peace / SecurityOver the past year, more and more citizens around the world have been standing up for their freedom. Sadly, as chronicled in Amnesty International’s 2012 annual report, leaders everywhere have failed to mirror the courage shown by millions of peaceful...
| May 28, 2012 | Peace / SecurityNegotiators from the United States, the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council, and Germany recently met with an Iranian team in Baghdad to discuss Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Although there’s still a long road ahead, this resumed...
| Jan 16, 2012 | Peace / Security“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way it treats its children,” Nelson Mandela once said. If that’s the case, the United States has much soul-searching to do. The United States is the only country in the world that...
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