End of Year, 2009

Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea, 12.31.2009

Founder and chairman of Weidenfeld & Nicolson

2009 was certainly not a year of triumphs for mankind nor human kindliness. The world economic crisis is neither diagnostically nor therapeutically on the way to a solution.

The Cat Is Out of the Bag

Conchita Sarnoff, 12.23.2009

THE CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG In the last few years spent traveling to Mexico it became clear that Mexican drug syndicates are in control of the Mexico-U....

When Did the "Land of the Free" Become "the Land Preventing Freedom"?

Amnesty International, 12.16.2009

Defending Human Rights Worldwide

United States, Immigration Detention | Posted by: Sarnata Reynolds, December 14, 2009 at 11:06 AM The ...

Winners and losers: the human costs of "free" trade

Crossover Dreams, 12.14.2009

A blog on migration by writers for IPS, a global non-profit newswire

By Peter Costantini, Seattle Ten years after the contentious Seattle Ministerial of the World Trade Organization - AKA "The Battle of Seattle" - the ...

Top 3 Travel Spots: Tim Ferriss And Kevin Rose's Picks

Tim Ferriss, 12.11.2009

Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek

In this episode, we discuss our top 3 favorite travel spots. Details include favorite areas, seasons, things to look for and, occasionally, things to look out for...

Droning Away

Don Ringe, 12.11.2009

If they can't find Osama bin Laden with these modern missiles, why do they think they can outwit illegal immigrants determined to cross the border any way possible?

Chatting with UNICEF's Director Ann Veneman

Jim Luce, 12.14.2009

Thought Leaders and Global Citizens

I met UNICEF's executive director Ann M. Veneman recently at Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden's World Childhood Foundation luncheon at the United Na...

Cambodian Children's Hospital Benefits In New York and Los Angeles

Jim Luce, 12.12.2009

Thought Leaders and Global Citizens

I have been a friend of Friends Without A Border (FWAB), the international fundraising source of the Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC), for several y...

Should Mexico Welcome the Invasion of 'Frankencorn?'

Elyssa Pachico, 12.03.2009

Mexico's decision to start growing genetically modified (GM) corn is sowing nothing but trouble.

Lighting Out For The South

Tracy L. Barnett, 11.28.2009

Writer

Over course of the next year, I will be traveling through Latin America, reporting on the important and innovative work of world-changers at the grassroots

Virginia Tech Survivor With Hidden Camera Films Dangerous Gun Sales at Gun Shows

Paul Helmke, 11.18.2009

President, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

At gun shows in 43 states, felons, gangsters, wife-beaters, and the dangerously mentally ill can buy assault weapons, semi-automatic pistols and other firearms with no questions asked.

Armor-Piercing 5.7mm Pistol Used at Fort Hood Originally Designed for Military Only

Josh Sugarmann, 11.14.2009

Executive director of the Violence Policy Center in Washington, DC.

How a pistol originally designed as a military-only handgun came to be sold on the U.S. civilian market is a stark example of the increasing militarization of the U.S. civilian gun market.

El Museo del Barrio: Fifth Avenue on Fire

Jim Luce, 11.12.2009

Thought Leaders and Global Citizens

Forty years ago, El Museo del Barrio was a dream contained in a single classroom so far north that “sophisticated” Manhattanites would not...

UN Starts World's First Arms Trade Treaty: Will It Work?

Evelyn Leopold, 10.31.2009

Veteran reporter at the United Nations

The aim is to set standards for the global $55 billion export business in guns, tanks, attack helicopters, jet fighters, missiles and other conventional weapons.

Pink Taxis, Quotas, and Global Gender Equality

Michael Kimmel, 10.28.2009

Author of Manhood in America and Guyland

A fleet of 35 pink taxis recently debuted in Puebla, Mexico, a colonial city halfway between Mexico City and Veracruz. These taxis are driven only by women, and they do not stop for male passengers.

Mexico's Union Bust Reveals Flaws in NAFTA

Laura Carlsen, 10.26.2009

Director, Americas Program, Center For International Policy

"From one day to the next, they left us with no job," said an out-of-work electrician, as he marched alongside some 200,000 fellow workers and their supporters in downtown Mexico City this month.

Latinos in America

John Riofrio, 10.24.2009

Assistant Professor, College of William and Mary

CNN's commitment to balance in the form of equal representation of both sides with little context or social theory was troubling instead of enlightening, and pedantic rather than productive.

Kelly McCormack's Inspirational Example

Al Eisele, 10.23.2009

Editor-at-Large of The Hill

McCormack, a 26-year-old former reporter for the Hill, is completing a two-year stint as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala.

Jose Cuervo Marks a Milestone Anniversary With a New Tequila -- And It's Only $2,250 a Bottle

Tony Sachs, 10.20.2009

Pop music know-it-all, spirits enthusiast, baseball obsessive, bon vivant

If you're a tequila connoisseur, isn't the urge to sample it overwhelming? And if you're not, who wouldn't like to own something so exclusive that it's in only 494 other liquor cabinets?

Mexico Revs up War on Workers; Obama Shrugs

Jeff Faux, 10.13.2009

Founder and now Distinguished Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute

In Mexico, it was as if the US government had suddenly sent the National Guard to take over the Tennessee Valley Authority and replace its workers with people from Duke Power on the grounds that the TVA had run a deficit.

Turning the Corner on Drug Law Reform

Norm Stamper, 10.07.2009

Retired Seattle police chief, member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Australians are acutely aware that the U.S. is and has been since 1971 the chest-thumping, fist-banging four-star general in the global war on drugs. Their willingness to stand up to our bullying ways is growing.