PODCAST: Kristine McDivitt Tompkins was one of the largest private landowners in the world before she gave it away Mark Leon Goldberg May 31, 2018Kristine McDivitt Tompkins made history earlier this year when she completed what is said to be the largest ever tr...
It is the 70th Anniversary of UN Peacekeeping. Here’s How Peacekeeping Has Evolved Mark Leon Goldberg May 30, 2018Peacekeeping is not in the Charter of the United Nations. When negotiators hammered out the details of the San Francisco...
PODCAST: A New Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo Mark Leon Goldberg May 29, 2018The ebola outbreak ongoing the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most severe ebola outbreak since the 2014 cal...
Let’s Talk About Menstrual Hygiene Mark Leon Goldberg May 28, 2018Ed note. This is a special guest post authored by Thorsten Kiefer and Gabrielle Fitzgerald. Thorsten Kiefer is founder a...
What #JusticeforNoura Tells Us About the Women and the Death Penalty Coby Jones May 25, 2018Two weeks ago, Noura Hussien was sentenced to death for the murder of her rapist. Today, Noura's legal team have filed a...
A Conversation with Michael Møller, Director General of the UN Offices in Geneva Mark Leon Goldberg May 24, 2018 I was a bit skeptical when my guest today told me that every person on the planet, in any 24 hour peri...
Palestine Wants to Join Three International Organizations, Including the Global Chemical Weapons Watchdog. This Could Be A Problem Mark Leon Goldberg May 23, 2018UN Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process Nicoklay Mladenov told the Security Council today that Palestine has acceded ...
Map of the Day: Every Historic Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mark Leon Goldberg May 23, 2018Today's map comes from the World Health Organization, which released this graphic to help put into context the current e...
UN Refugee Agency Reports Increase in Number of Women and Children Fleeing Gang Violence in Central America Mark Leon Goldberg May 22, 2018The White House press release yesterday, referring to members of a central American criminal gang as "animals" comes as ...
