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"One Day on Earth" Film Premieres at U.N. and Around World

Jim Luce | Posted 04.24.2012

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Jim Luce

'One Day on Earth' is a living time capsule of who we are. We have much to fix -- but we have more going for us, it seems, than not.

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Start Making: General Assembly Launches Online

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.13.2012

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Tom Vander Ark

General Assembly online is an MBA killer. Unless a young person thinks they need a credential to get a job at Morgan Stanley or McKinsey, they'd be much better off in a startup, learning on the job, and accessing the extraordinary offerings at General Assembly when they need it.

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Two Suggestions For Occupy Wall Street

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.16.2012

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Chris Weigant

The big question for the Occupy protests has now become: What next? To understand what changes may be desirable, we have to look at what has already been set up.

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Occupy Wall Street -- "We Are What Democracy Looks Like!"

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 01.07.2012

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Benjamin R. Barber

Protesters are not complaining or playing the blame game. They are engaging with one another to develop an alternative, a paradigm shift.

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Skinner Box Elections and the Political Slot Machine: Why Young People Won't Play in 2012

Matthis Chiroux | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Politics, Youth, Plutocracy, Occupy Wall Street, Elections 2012, General Assembly, Democracy, Barack Obama, Voting, Politics News
Matthis Chiroux

Included at the core of the Occupy Wall Street movement's appeal to young people is a belief that America's electoral system is broken beyond repair. We don't even see a reason for winning anymore.

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The Wisdom and Power of a Leaderless Resistance

Matthis Chiroux | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Oakland, Leadership, Misinformation, Cointelpro, Police, Protest, Occupy Wall Street, Violence, Assassination, General Assembly, New York, Politics News
Matthis Chiroux

Have you ever been asked what a leader is to you? Of course you have; we're obsessed with the worship of these few. But the Occupy movement has no place for them, which the mainstream media just can't understand.

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What Part of Occupy Wall Street Don't You Get?

Beau Friedlander | Posted 12.28.2011

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Beau Friedlander

So pundits say Occupy Wall Street lacks cohesion. The response from Zuccotti Park boils down to this: Compared to what?

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Occupy Wall Street: Bending the Arc

Pam Spritzer | Posted 12.21.2011

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Pam Spritzer

After ignoring Occupy Wall Street in its early days, last week the New York Times saw fit to print a front-page story identifying anger as the defin...

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At Zuccotti Park, Conflict Arises Among Occupiers

Craig Kanalley | Posted 12.22.2011

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Craig Kanalley

Events at Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of the Occupy Wall Street movement in Lower Manhattan, have become increasingly dramatic in recent days, as egos have clashed, visions competed, and the unity of the protesters has been questioned.

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UN Foundation Launches iPhone App To Donate To Global Causes

AP | Posted 11.27.2011

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By Associated Press UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations is going digital with a new mobile application. The U.N. Foundation, a nonprofit organi...

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WATCH: Live Updates From The UN General Assembly, Day Two

Posted 11.22.2011

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The 66th Session of the U.N. General Assembly debate continues today in New York City with remarks expected from President of the European Council Her...

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Palestinians WIll Request Full U.N. Membership

AP | TAREK EL-TABLAWY and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 11.20.2011

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UNITED NATIONS -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pressed ahead with his campaign for statehood before the U.N. despite frantic U.S. efforts Tuesd...

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The Real Case Against Palestinian UDI

Dovid Efune | Posted 11.19.2011

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Dovid Efune

Last Thursday I attended a luncheon, organized by The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, to honor departing Moroccan Amb...

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INTERACTIVE MAP: Which Countries Support The Palestinian Statehood Bid?

Posted 11.15.2011

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The most highly anticipated moment of the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly may well be the Palestinians' bid for statehood, a move ...

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The U.S. Pressures Iran on Human Rights

Omid Memarian | Posted 07.20.2011

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Omid Memarian

In an interview with me in Geneva, Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, the U.S. representative to the Human Rights Council, responded to questions about the urgency of establishing a monitoring mechanism for Iran.

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WATCH: The City That Privatized (Nearly) Everything

The Huffington Post | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 06.22.2011

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This post has been corrected. In 2005, decades after Sandy Springs first attempted annexation, the Republican-dominated Georgia state legislature a...

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Blasphemy Resolution Passes U.N. Committee

Posted 05.25.2011

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Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service A resolution combating the "vilification of religions" was adopted Tuesday by a United Nations committee, but r...

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Malnutrition Starves Children, Economies of a Lifetime of Potential

World Vision | Posted 05.25.2011

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World Vision

Jeanette is five years old but unnaturally tiny for her age. A year ago, she could not stand, play with other children, eat solids or talk.

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Navigating the maze to peace

Nicholas van Praag | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nicholas van Praag

This guest post was written by World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President Justin Yifu Lin and originally appeared on the World Development R...

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Maryland Legislature Considers Move Your Money Approach To State Business

Baltimore Sun | Eileen Ambrose Personal Finance | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Maryland General Assembly is considering legislation that would essentially give state-chartered banks an edge when bidding to serve state agencie...

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U.N. Birthday Rocks for Its Peacemakers

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Flashbulbs popping non-stop, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations in New York, entered the U.N. General Assembly Hall in New ...

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Build, Don't Destroy in Afghanistan: An Open Letter to President Obama

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

Already, thousands of our readers have signed a letter and contacted the White House urging a new way forward in Afghanistan. I encourage you to read it and to endorse this message if you have not done so already.

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Words Matter

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Torture, Speech, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Economic Crisis, United Nations, Guantanamo, Summit, Obama, Iraq, G-20, Pillars, New York, Middle East, g20, Hillary Clinton, General Assembly, Un, Test Ban Treaty, Politics News
Jim Wallis

I heard commentators say Obama's comments while chairing the Security Council were "just words." Fair enough, but we haven't heard any words like these from a U.S. president for a long time.

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A Changing Tide of Opinion for Girls and Women

Sarah Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah Brown

Where the lives of girls and women are at risk or compromised, understanding that we must and can save them is the means by which we will save and care for everyone.

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Ending Mass Atrocities: The Next Step

Betwa Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Resposnibility to Protect, Srebrenica, East Timor, Noam Chomsky, R2p, Security Council, Humanitarian Intervention, Cambodia, Holocaust, General Assembly, Kosovo and Darfur, Rwanda, Gareth Evans, World News
Betwa Sharma

Millions died not because the right doctrine was missing. There was no political will to act. The Council did not need R2P to intervene in Rwanda and it doesn't need it now.

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