International

The Obama Manifesto

Matthew Bergman | Posted 12.01.2009 | World


Matthew Bergman

Obama's influence is already acknowledged by African governments. It is high time that Obama openly, in the face of the whole world, sets forth his vision for Africa.

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

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.20.2009 | World


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.

350 Global Day of Action: A New Bright Line for Digital Organizing

Michael Silberman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green


Michael Silberman

Good organizers embody the idea that nothing can be achieved alone -- so they naturally inspire others to join the effort and even encourage others to take ownership of various components.

Afghanistan: A Whole New Approach

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.29.2009 | World


Jim Wallis

When you massively intervene in a country as much as the U.S. has in Afghanistan, you can't responsibly just walk away. We must lead with what works -- development.

Never Again: Rembering the Balkans

Zainab Salbi | Posted 09.18.2009 | World


Zainab Salbi

I wonder how we have allowed ourselves to forget Bosnia and Herzegovina when it is still as fragile as an eggshell.

What Would Be the Result of Quitting AfPak?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.12.2009 | World


Stephen C. Rose

In essence, if we avoided a disproportionate response, we would be doing what I believe we should have done after 9/11. We didn't and look what happened.

Twitter Revolution or Iranian Evolution?

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


Reporters Uncensored

Parsi admits all forms of social networking tools remain critical to documenting injustices inside Iran, but some, he believes, were not as competitive as Facebook and SMS.

The Other Iraq

Jeff Johnson | Posted 08.16.2009 | World


Jeff Johnson

This region of Iraq has not seen a coalition casualty in nearly three years and has been able to create a social reality that stands in stark contradiction to the ongoing violence in Baghdad.

G-8 Promises $20 Billion in Agricultural Aid: Real Change or Business as Usual?

Paula Crossfield | Posted 08.10.2009 | Green


Paula Crossfield

One can't help but wonder if by requesting this money from the G8 in the name of charity we are instead trying to promote our own economy.

Matt Damon, ONE and a Tractable Global Problem

John Sauer | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


John Sauer

Universal access to water and sanitation is still a pipe dream for many poorer countries, especially nations in Africa.

A Call to Serve and Preserve Creation

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green


Jim Wallis

Let's ensure that history does not remember us just as "consumers" of the earth and its resources, but as people who take seriously the God-given mandate to "serve and preserve" the earth.

A New President and a New Generation Seek a Nuclear Weapons Free Future

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

A new generation of Evangelical Christians launched The Two Futures Project whose mission is "for the abolition of all nuclear weapons."

Swine Influenzas

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 05.29.2009 | Business


Max Fraad Wolff

We have been dealing with economic swine flu for the better part of two years now. The speculative fever that gripped the world moved like a virus. Almost all were infected.

Davos: A Better Question Than 'How Long Will the Crisis Last?'

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.28.2009 | Business


Jim Wallis

The question we should be asking is how this global economic crisis will change us -- all of us, in the way we think, decide things, and even do business.

The Journalist and the "Other" in Times of War

Sandy Tolan | Posted 02.24.2009 | World


Sandy Tolan

What is the ethical responsibility of the journalist in telling the story of the Other? And what larger forces come to bear in shaping that story in the press?

Champagne for Obama

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 02.21.2009 | World


Joan Z. Shore

France opened its heart to America yesterday, and Paris opened the doors of its magnificent City Hall to a jubilant crowd of 1,300 to watch the inauguration ceremony, transmitted live by CNN.

No-Plumbing Disease

John Sauer | Posted 02.21.2009 | World


John Sauer

The most practical investment we can make in global public health is plumbing. If we recognize the illnesses caused by poor plumbing, we will save millions of lives each year.

World to Obama: Thanks for Giving Us Back Our America

Rebecca Novick | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics


Rebecca Novick

It's the immigrants who really know the fragility of liberty; how it can be won and lost, and won and lost again. For them freedom is not a parade. It's a flower in a storm.

Don't Forget Your Mother, Barack

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 02.19.2009 | World


Shirin Sadeghi

A native Kansan who learned several languages, including Russian, Urdu, Spanish, Javanese and Bahasa Indonesia, Barack Obama's mother existed outside of the box of traditionalism.

Death in Kabul

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 01.05.2009 | World


Virginia M. Moncrieff

Abid was the victim of the cheating lawlessness in Afghanistan. Whoever killed him will never be questioned, charged or jailed for the crime.

Finding a Wall of Paranoia and Fear in Israel

Zaina Arafat | Posted 01.03.2009 | World


Zaina Arafat

Traveling through Israel and the West Bank is an especially unpredictable experience for me. The Israeli soldiers who patrol the checkpoints can choose to treat me as either an American or as a Palestinian.

Obama Warned About Afghan Escalation: Out of Frying Pan, Into Fire?

Greg Mitchell | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

Few voices in the mainstream media have tackled the subject of the Afghanistan War. But now some commentators -- with impeccable pro-military credentials -- are starting to sound off on the dangers.

U.S. Secretary of State: A Cautionary Tale

Al Giordano | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics


Al Giordano

In Latin America, as everywhere, the doctrine of Human Rights, begun in the Carter administration but left to atrophy by all administrations since, walks hand in hand with any pro-democracy agenda.

Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy in anti-US protest

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Chanting "no to America," supporters of a radical Shiite cleric burned an effigy of President George W. Bush Friday in a protest deman...

Prince Charles Rings the Death-Knell for the British Monarchy

Johann Hari | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics


Johann Hari

Charles Windsor has just announced that he is seizing the role of president for himself, without an election. This news finally offers a vision of how the rusty British monarchy will fall.