New York City originally had three specialized high schools that are now the crown jewels of the state's public school system: Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, and Brooklyn Tech. They are notoriously competitive and require rigorous admissions tests to get in. A good friend of mine recently posted an article...

In the latest bout of senseless attacks and religion-based violence stemming from posts on social media outlets, a number of Buddhist monks and the monasteries in which they live were targeted by Muslim fundamentalists in Cox's Bazar, in the southeastern part of Bangladesh. Other members of Bangladesh's Buddhist community were...

I am a Third Culture Kid, and people with backgrounds like mine are becoming increasingly more common. Whenever I meet new people, they inevitably start with telling me where they're from. They talk about their hometowns, about the cities and countries in which they grew up. They talk about Main...

On Friday, there were protests here in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where I now live. A thousand members of the radical Islamist Khelafat Andolon group decided to storm the American Embassy, not a mile from my house. They didn't get very far before being stopped by security forces. And the...

Africa will never pull itself out of its economic abyss. Everyone in Africa lives in poverty. The kids are all malnourished. Malaria is ubiquitous and unavoidable. I hear these blanket statements and broad generalities about Africa all the time, usually treating it as a single behemoth of a country. First...

Sustainability is the hot, new thing in international development circles. Every organization, multilateral, non-profit, and NGO loves this latest trend as a programmatic focus. I understand its importance; it signifies a commitment to long-term investment and growth and justifies funding. So, why do some companies just toss that commitment aside?

Last week, I wrote about the U.S.'s immigration policy being broken. This week, though, the immigration system's brokenness pales in comparison to the GOP's utter disregard for women, women's rights, and gender equality. Missouri Congressman Todd Akin's comments regarding the legitimacy of rape, conception, and abortion rights is the latest...

The U.S. immigration system is broken. There is no doubt about it. And it is high time for a reassessment. One of the biggest issues to face immigration policy in recent years has been the difficulty confronted by foreign, skilled workers to obtain visas allowing them to legally reside and...