PBS News Hour ran this excellent report last night about the great work that our friends at the Girl Up campaign are doing to improve the lives of young women here in the United States and around the world.
Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is designed to protect American consumers from products containing conflict minerals. But will it help protect Congolese from the conflict itself?
Some 2,500 miles from the panic that is hitting the New York Stock Exchange today, there is an odd sense of optimism pervading economic circles. Welcome to Latin America.
The likelihood of the Security Council taking this next step is a function of the extent to which regional organizations are willing to abandon the Assad regime.