New Tools for Peace in Afghanistan
Development and humanitarian assistance can no longer be an afterthought; they must be central to any strategy the U.S. government puts forward in Afghanistan.
Development and humanitarian assistance can no longer be an afterthought; they must be central to any strategy the U.S. government puts forward in Afghanistan.
Carol Kellermann | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York
If Mayor Bloomberg is to preserve the legacy of his first two terms he must adopt different fiscal policies. He must reduce the immense and escalating cost of the payroll, as well as the burden of municipal debt.
msn.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
New research suggests U.S. states with wealthier, better educated and more tolerant residents are also happier on average....
Scott Paul | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business
Some of us warned this day would come. We knew an economic strategy predicated on replacing wage growth with debt and credit to maintain a certain standard of living was doomed to fail.
John F. Wasik | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics
One glaring subject that Obama avoided in the campaign is how to pay for infrastructure over time and how it will dovetail with an overall strategy to address climate change.
David Weinberger | Posted 10.03.2009 | Technology
We download faster than we upload because of economics, not physics. The business models of telephone and cable companies got written into a physical infrastructure that favors downloads over uploads.
Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
The U.S. government began its life back in 1791 by shafting the Appalachian area. People have not forgotten it, perhaps because it has yet to stop happening.
Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics
I asked more than 600 transportation experts to imagine a system that is comprehensive enough to make owning a car in the greater Los Angeles area optional, and proceed to outline a list of projects that will help get us there.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media
In response to Fox's childish and embarrassing ad in the Washington Post that challenged competitors' coverage of the 9/12 teabaggers, CNN is airing this equally chilidish and embarrassing ad.
F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green
Most small New England cities were once booming industrial centers, but over time they became subject to considerable disinvestment in the form of plant closings, job losses, weakened civic infrastructure, and shrinking tax bases.
Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
The federal government still has a long fight ahead to make good on promises to rebuild a stronger, safer and more equitable Gulf Coast.
Josh Ruxin | Posted 09.26.2009 | World
In Rwanda, the most effective programs constitute a true partnership between donors with funds, equipment, and skills, and the communities who need them.
Will Rogers | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green
The health benefits of parks are well established, especially when parks are easily accessible and well-maintained.
Michael Likosky | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business
If you're looking for a good deal on public assets, Allen & Overy LLP, a leading international law firm, has a product for you.
Michael Likosky | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business
If the TARP banks are to be a main investment vehicle for the next stage of recovery -- as they should be, it is after all our money not theirs -- it is heartening to have Obama at the helm.
Anis Shivani | Posted 08.15.2009 | Business
Reading Steiner's $20 Per Gallon makes us realize how contingent our way of life is, and how uncertain its future prospects are.
nytimes.com | MICHAEL COOPER and GRIFF PALMER | Posted 08.09.2009 | Business
Two-thirds of the country lives in large metropolitan areas, home to the nation's worst traffic jams and some of its oldest roads and bridges. But cit...
nytimes.com | NELSON D. SCHWARTZ | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business
FONTAINEBLEAU, France -- French workers normally take off much of the summer, but this month, there is something of a revolution going on here at this...
AP | Posted 08.05.2009 | Chicago
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Spectators leaving a Fourth of July fireworks show overloaded a pedestrian bridge to about twice its capacity before it col...
Sarah van Gelder | Posted 07.23.2009 | Business
The current economic downturn offers an exceptional opportunity to rebuild and, this time, to make it an economy that works for all.
Michael Likosky | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics
Former Governor Howard Dean and Former Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, both now affiliated with the international law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, just ...
Gov. David A. Paterson | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics
If we are to finance and build a world-class infrastructure for America, we must seek new solutions. And a promising solution is at hand: public-private partnerships.
Reuters | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Willie Fort is a lucky man. Last month he came within a whisker of losing his construction job, but now he is off to Louisiana ...
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 06.26.2009 | World
The act of washing the body, which should be an intimate and pleasant time, turns into a sequence of inconveniences for the better part of my compatriots.
Walden Bello | Posted 06.21.2009 | World
The heroic American middle class consumer -- weighed down by massive debt -- has ceased to be the key stimulus for global production, but don't expect Beijing to save the global economy any time soon.
Jim Wallis | Posted 11.16.2009 | World