By Dino Lencioni* The new edition of this book is entitled The Jerusalem Helix. Imagine an Atheist, a Catholic, a Protestant, a Muslim, a Jew, a Hindu, and a Buddhist who are all part of the same book club.
By Roberto Savio* – Other News The creation of a Palestinian State remains a pipe-dream After the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI, The League of Nations mandated that Britain administer Palestine. The London administration was quite ineffective, in part, due to the…
By Wade Davis* – Rolling Stone The Anthropologist Wade Davis on how COVID-19 signals the end of the American era. The COVID crisis has reduced to tatters the idea of American exceptionalism. *Wade Davis holds the Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the…
By Emma Brockes* – The Guardian Mitt Romney and his ilk were once critics of the president. But now, when it suits them, they’re backing him again One unlikely effect of Donald Trump being in office has been a rise in the reputation of more moderate Republicans.
By Jens Martens* Key messages of the Spotlight on Sustainable Development Report 2020 as September 25 is the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. BONN, Sep 25 2020 (IPS) – Governments have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with unprecedented…
By Lili Bayer* – POLITICO The Prime Minister of Hungary took advantage of the vulnerabilities of the bloc’s legal and political systems. It wasn’t supposed to be like this.
By Katie Singer* – Wall Street International Letter to Greta Thunberg: the impact of the Internet on global problems awareness Dear Greta, After centuries of too many white people not seeing racism, smartphones have made it undeniably visible. Without smartphones, we probably…
Editorial Republicans are rushing to appoint a conservative replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The stakes have rarely been higher Ruth Bader Ginsburg won love and admiration not only as a champion of equality, but through the brilliance of her ability to persuade.
By Sasha Abramsky*- The Nation Shooting journalists, he says, is a “beautiful thing,” his fans have “good genes,” refugees are dangerous, and his political opponents should be prosecuted. There is at times an extraordinary, almost deafening quality to silence; the absence…
By Zachary Dorner* – Boston Review Global trade, enslaved labor, and colonial warfare created demands for medicines that would work for anyone, anywhere. That pressure to view patients as interchangeable remains with us today.
