The Obama Manifesto
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.
International
Build, Don't Destroy in Afghanistan: An Open Letter to President Obama
Jim Wallis | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
Read More:
White House,
Strike,
President Obama,
Civil,
International,
Indigenous,
Washington,
Pakistan,
War,
United Nations,
Campaign,
Muslim Countries,
Collateral Damage,
Surge,
Prayer,
America,
Muslim,
Conflict,
Un,
Terror,
Technology,
Security,
Development,
History,
Afghan Government,
Democracy,
Fear,
Terrorist,
Ngos,
Unmanned Drones,
Religious Leaders,
Engagement,
Death,
Foreign Policy,
Moral Values,
Occupier,
Extremists,
Moral Issues,
Deaths,
Women,
Escalation,
Faith Community,
Economic Support,
Taliban,
Military,
Afghanistan,
General Assembly,
Terrorism,
Humanitarian Assistance,
D.C.,
Casualties,
Faith-Based,
World News
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
Read More:
350.Org Day of Action,
Climate Change,
350.Org,
Community Organizing,
Online Organizing,
350 Campaign,
International,
Green News
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
Read More:
Capitol Hill,
White House,
President,
Relief,
President Obama,
International,
Indigenous,
Council,
Washington,
War,
Oxfam,
Muslim Countries,
Collateral Damage,
Surge,
America,
Dick Cheney,
Muslim,
World Vision,
Counter Insurgency,
Terror,
Development,
Faith,
History,
Tragedy,
Afghan Government,
Democracy,
Counter Terrorism,
Special Forces,
Religious,
Terrorist,
Richard Stearns,
Congress,
Unmanned Drones,
Religious Leaders,
Foreign Policy,
Urgency,
Moral Issues,
Occupier,
Arab,
Taliban,
Military,
Afghanistan,
Terrorism,
Humanitarian Assistance,
D.C.,
Casualties,
Faith-Based,
World News
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
Read More:
Women,
Bosnia,
Ethnic Cleansing,
Eastern Europe,
Ethnic Tensions,
International,
Economic Development,
World,
War Crimes,
Foreign Affairs,
Advocacy,
World News
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
Read More:
Governance,
World,
Afghanistan,
Terrorism,
Pakistan,
9/11,
Taliban,
Proportionality,
Military,
Ethics,
Stephen c.rose,
Afbak,
Foreign Affairs,
Un,
Casualties,
International,
World News
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
Read More:
Elections,
Iran,
Microsoft,
Reporters-Uncensored,
Tala Dowlatshahi,
Twitter,
United4iran.Org,
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran,
Technology,
News,
Facebook,
International,
Nedamyrights,
World News
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
Read More:
Iraqi Elections,
Democracy,
Kurdistan,
Kurds,
Iraq,
International,
President Obama,
World News
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
Read More:
Farming,
G8,
Gmos,
Agricultural Development,
Agriculture,
Africa,
Sustainability,
Group-of-8,
Food Aid,
International,
Barack Obama,
Food Security,
Green News
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
Read More:
Epidemics,
Children,
Diarrhea,
Disease,
Water,
Public Health,
Global Health,
Water for the World Act of 2009,
Under-Five Mortality,
International,
Sanitation,
Politics News
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
Read More:
Energy,
History,
Leadership,
Love Your Neighbor,
Global,
Slavery,
International,
Opportunity,
Poll,
Trade,
Sacrifice,
Green,
Clean Energy,
Congress,
Emissions,
Priorities,
God,
Poor,
Consumption,
Legislation,
America,
Church of England,
Slave Trade,
Climate Treaty,
Christ,
Climate Change,
Land,
Consumers,
Polluting Industries,
Security,
Christian,
Creation,
Green News
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
Read More:
International,
Bomb,
Washington,
William J Perry,
Democrat,
Evangelicals,
Wall Street Journal,
Evangelical,
Weapons,
Peace,
Democrats,
Movement,
America,
Barack Obama,
Republican,
Conservative,
Sam Nunn,
Non Proliferation Treaty,
Bush Administration,
Henry a Kissinger,
Wall Street,
Nuclear Weapons,
Barack,
George Shultz,
Liberal,
Russia,
Nuclear Weapons Policy,
Nuclear Testing,
Republicans,
Conservatives,
Justice,
Young Evangelicals,
Politics News
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
Read More:
Economy,
Economic Crisis,
Swine Flu,
Financial Crisis,
Mexico,
Epidemic,
Media,
Viruses,
International,
Business News
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
Read More:
Market,
Social Justice,
Jonathan Reckford,
International,
Economic Crisis,
Gary Haugen,
Davos,
Poor,
Business,
Economic,
World Economic Forum,
Wef,
Cnn,
Enterprise,
Gaza,
Capitalism,
Poverty,
Economy Special Focus,
Davos 2009,
Business News
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
Read More:
Journalists,
Photography,
Wmd,
Pentagon,
War,
Iraq,
The Other,
Independence,
State Department,
Journalism,
El Salvador,
Voices,
Iran,
Photographs,
Conflict,
Ethics in Journalism,
Weapons of Mass Destruction,
Ethics,
Wartime,
Iason Athanasiadis,
Orwell,
International,
Guillermoprieto,
Shadid,
Bonner,
World News
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
Read More:
France,
Obama Inaugural Balls,
Obama Inauguration Coverage,
Obama Inaugural Ball,
Obama's Inauguration,
Inaugural Balls,
Obama Inaugural,
Obama Inaugural Address,
Obama Inauguration,
Inauguration,
Obama Inaugural Speech,
Craig Stapleton,
Mayor Bertrand Delanoe,
Barack Obama Inauguration,
Paris,
International,
Barack Obama,
World News
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
Read More:
Children,
International,
Celebrity Causes,
Latin America,
Africa,
Southeast Asia,
Health,
Public Health,
Smart Power,
Children's Health,
Celebrities,
World News
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
Read More:
Politics,
Obama,
Obama Transition,
Barack Obama Inauguration,
World,
President Obama,
Citizenship,
India,
International Voters,
Obama Votes,
Expats Voting,
Expats,
Votes,
First-Time Voters,
Voting Day,
First Time Voters,
American Citizenship,
Americans Abroad Obama,
Obama Expats,
Voting Rights,
Voters,
Americans Abroad,
Citizenship Rights,
International,
Voting,
Politics News
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
Read More:
Bahasa Indonesia,
President Obama,
Urdu,
Spanish,
Maya Soetoro-Ng,
Javanese,
Collateral Damage,
Peace,
Obama Kenya,
Barack Obama,
Mothers,
Unity,
Russian,
Obama "Dreams of My Father",
Indonesia,
Obama Presidency,
Africa,
Dreams From My Father,
Obama Dreams of My Father,
Stanley Ann Dunham,
Justice,
Multiculturalism,
International,
Obama's Inauguration,
Obama Inauguration,
World News
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
Read More:
Corruption,
Afghanistan Police,
Bagram,
World,
War in Afghanistan,
Afghanistan,
Bagram Afghanistan,
Kabul,
Afghanistan Police Force,
Afghanistan Corruption,
Taliban,
Afghanistan Law,
Afghanistan Lawlessness,
International,
World News
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
Read More:
Palestinian Territories,
Lebanon,
Jordan,
Palestinian-American,
World,
Pakistan,
Israel-Palestine,
Israeli Soldiers,
Israel Palestine Wall,
Israel Checkpoints,
Palestinians,
Iran,
Israel Wall,
West Bank,
Israeli Defense Forces,
Jerusalem,
Israel Palestine Checkpoints,
Ramallah,
Palestinian,
Operation Defensive Shield,
Arabic,
Idf,
Palestinian Id Card,
Israel,
International,
Nablus,
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,
World News
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
Read More:
Obama,
Afghanistan,
Iraq War,
Obama Afghanistan,
Afghanistan War,
Barack Obama Afghanistan,
International,
Politics News
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
Read More:
President-Elect Barack Obama,
Human Rights,
Colombia,
US Secretary of State,
Obama's Cabinet,
Mexico,
Latin America,
Latin America Policy,
International,
Politics News
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
Read More:
George W. Bush and Iraq,
George W. Bush,
Iraq,
Bush Effigy Burned,
Bush Burning Baghdada,
International,
Politics News
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
Read More:
British Royalty,
UK Monarchy,
Prince Charles,
Prince Charles President,
England,
International,
Politics News
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.
Most Popular on HuffingtonPost
j1FIjeu7oHzeNm1PfEwq0ADxW7RVb4%2FGGJkHla0zRpuM3f6kGdR%2FUgw5G%2FYAg8LUGKPQP89rPiw%3D
tECWWW7WAxYRvSJXXGX10yCc6mKt8VgGIF4EtTc7sez0dmDNDleon4zmBjUCtcyz4vguTedQzdA%3D
AqO5mlC95RpSx2ZtNV3ywgGabmeUIvQJ3FkH6k87jzQsM%2Bu4rtiPYFjTs9pdroGp%2B%2FP65%2BwVPQs%3D
1 of 3
Huffington Post Apps and Feeds
Matthew Bergman | Posted 12.01.2009 | World