Italy Hosts Child Soldiers Symposium
With the changing nature of armed conflict, the impact of war on children and young people has become more brutal than ever.
With the changing nature of armed conflict, the impact of war on children and young people has become more brutal than ever.
Michael Likosky | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business
Where did P3s come from? Are they just Reaganomics painted with the warm bipartisan glow of accountability and grassroots activism? Can P3s be progressive?
Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics
There was a tragedy at Harvard last month. The tragedy wasn't that Harvard's bubble was tainted by violence. The tragedy was that the life of a young man with a great spirit and great future was cut short.
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics
A campaign is underway to encourage the Department of Justice to refuse to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.
AP | MELISSA TRUJILLO | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics
BOSTON — Harvard University is creating a visiting professorship in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studies with a $1.5 million gift from...
Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2009 | World
Fasil Amdetsion, an attorney from Ethiopia, thinks the Nile basin will be the most likely site of a future "water war" because the Nile embodies "all the challenges that transnational management of fresh water could possibly present."
The Real News | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics
Opponents of a single-payer plan say Americans will never accept socialized medicine. But according to a 2008 poll, when Americans were asked what they thought of socialized medicine, 45 percent said it would be better.
Diane Tucker | Posted 04.24.2009 | World
Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the Arab world. It faces corruption, malnutrition and water shortages. Its population of 23 million owns over 23 million firearms. It's a witch's brew of potential disaster.
Jim Luce | Posted 04.20.2009 | World
Hundreds of Chinese studies majors at top universities in North America have recently formed a network dedicated to forging new economic, cultural, and political links between East and West.
Murray Fromson | Posted 04.14.2009 | Politics
What is incomprehensible is that Summers may be an economic genius, but he seems to have the sensitivity of a 300 lb. gorilla.
Diane Francis | Posted 04.07.2009 | Business
This plan is more of the same: highly leveraged risk-taking shenanigans facilitated by a naive government and tax dollars.
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 04.02.2009 | Entertainment
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Steve Parker | Posted 03.17.2009 | Business
Why does Detroit get only 10% of what the banks and Wall Street have been loaned?
New York Times | GERALDINE FABRIKANT | Posted 02.21.2009 | Business
Harvard may be the nation's wealthiest university, but it is short on cash. The school relies on its endowment to generate a third of the money for i...
Doug Struck | Posted 02.10.2009 | Business
Economists use the term "human capital," but nowhere in accounting principles are people counted as an asset -- only as an expense.
Foreign Policy Newsweekly | Posted 01.29.2009 | World
Afghanistan will remain a fragile, developing country in the same vein as Chad and Nepal for decades to come, and no matter how long international tro...
Huffington Post | Posted 12.03.2008 | Business
Harvard recently reported that the value of its endowment has dropped $8 billion between the end of June through October of this year. This news is es...
The New York Times | Celia W. Dugger | Posted 11.26.2008 | World
JOHANNESBURG -- A new study by Harvard researchers estimates that the South African government would have prevented the premature deaths of 365,000 pe...
Reuters | Michael Szabo | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green
Rich nations should make the first cuts in greenhouse gases while developing countries carry on business as usual for the time being, according to a p...
Brian Ross | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home
Bill Clinton gave one of the best speeches of his political career on Wednesday night in Kissimmee, FLA., and he did it in one sentence.
Jason Notte | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business
It's homecoming season at America's institutions of higher learning, which means one thing for parents and students alike: Inoffensive casual dining.
Eric Morse | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home
Obama, who has been criticized by opponents for being "aloof" and "professorial," may have his work cut out for him on Tuesday. But his laid-back, unflappable demeanor creates an excellent opportunity to connect with the voters in the room and those watching on television.
Jeff Danziger | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics
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Sheila Suess Kennedy | Posted 09.23.2008 | Home
The charge of elitism is a manifestation of America's longstanding and unfortunate subtext of anti-intellectualism, and its use during this campaign is both revealing and disturbing.
TheDailyGreen.com | Brian Clark Howard | Posted 07.11.2008 | Green
When it comes to protecting the planet, many schools have given it more than a college try. In fact, America's institutions of higher learning are som...
After a three-night stay in Moscow, the Obamas touched down in Rome on Wednesday so Papa President...
Long before $150,000-gate, Sarah Palin seemed to...
Yesterday evening, Greg Sargent reported on The Plum Line that one of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's key reasons...
I was sorry to watch, live on CNN, Edward R. Murrow and Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and...
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The former fiance of Gov. Sarah Palin's...
Hermione herself, Emma Watson, charmed David Letterman and...
OH NOES! What happened on Fox and Friends today, people?
As our own Jason Linkins pointed out, Letterman is one of the few comedians...
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name,...
It's summer, the time for weddings! A few of my friends are getting married this summer and fall, so lately...
Jim Hansen is director of the NASA Goddard Institute for...
I get many letters like this from readers...
Jim Luce | Posted 06.27.2009 | World