The world-renowned economist Lord Nicholas Stern made headlines in 2006 with a report for the UK government that surveyed the risks posed by climate change, the costs of addressing it, and the far greater costs of inaction. Tony Blair, then British Prime Minister, called the Stern Review "the most...

The fifth Summit of the Americas begins tomorrow in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The summits bring together the thirty-four democratically elected leaders whose countries comprise the Organization of American States (so no Cuba) of the Western Hemisphere to discuss common concerns and "jointly seek solutions." The last...

I recently spoke with Alan Wolfe, professor of political science and director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College, about his new book, The Future of Liberalism. Here's what Wolfe had to say about liberalism -- what it is, why it's essential today,...

Leading political strategist Erica Payne is at the forefront of an effort to build a modern progressive movement. Payne is the founder of The Tesseract Group, which provides strategic counsel and communications expertise to major foundations, private philanthropists, and select organizations. And she co-founded the Democracy Alliance, a...

Given the sheer inanity of this presidential campaign (at least parts the McCain camp and much of the media are responsible for), it's distressingly easy to forget that the job of President of the United States is actually quite important. Presidents have to make big decisions, some of them urgent....

Every year, it makes 76 million Americans sick, lands 325,000 in hospital, and straight kills 5,000. I speak -- sorry to say -- of food.

The US food system is by most accounts one of the safest in the world, but there's plenty of evidence that food-borne...