(From NYT/Women in the World) Chicago: Vernon Hills High School is objecting to Islamophobia and racism with an initiative called “Walk a Mile in...
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Choke point: tackling terrorist finance
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(From The Economist, 12/17/15) Can the caliphate be cut off from markets? And what difference would it make? Today America’s treasury secretary, Jack Lew,...
4 Billion People Don’t Have Proper Addresses
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The world is poorly addressed. This is frustrating and costly in developed nations; and in developing nations this is life-threatening and growth limiting. what3words...
Africa: Transformation through Cellphones
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The mobile industry in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to scale rapidly, reaching 367 million subscribers in mid-2015. Migration to higher speed networks and smartphones continues...
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE MONITOR Human Rights
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Article by: http://www.cfr.org/ Issue Brief: Although the concept of human rights is abstract, how it is applied has a direct and enormous impact on...
By ADAM LIPTAKJUNE 25, 2015 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Obama’s health care law allows the federal government to...