Countries Around the World Just Pledged to Provide Decent Primary Health Care to All Their Citizens Alanna Shaikh, MPH October 30, 2018Forty years ago, in the heart of Soviet Central Asia, the world made a groundbreaking commitment to health. The Alma Ata...
Listen to the President of HIAS Explain The Racist Roots of Trump’s Travel Ban and Refugee Restrictions Mark Leon Goldberg October 29, 2018Shortly before entering a synagogue and murdering 11 congregants in Pittsburgh, the gunman posted disparagingly abou...
Why Trump’s Decision to Leave the Universal Postal Union Makes No Sense Mark Leon Goldberg October 26, 2018Say you want to mail a letter from your home in Cairo, Illinois to a friend in Cairo, Egypt. All you need to do is affix...
Here’s How the UN is Responding to the Migrant Caravan in Central America Mark Leon Goldberg October 25, 2018A group of mostly Honduran migrants have been displaced from their homes through a combination of violence, extreme drou...
PODCAST: The Inside Story of How India Eliminated Polio Mark Leon Goldberg October 24, 2018The challenge was immense.About twenty years ago, India accounted for over 60% of all polio cases worldwide -- ...
The International Implications of Canada’s Cannabis Legalization Mark Leon Goldberg October 22, 2018On October 17, Canada became the second country in the world to legalize the recreational use of Cannabis. The first...
PODCAST: Why the Latest Ebola Outbreak in the DRC is So Dangerous Mark Leon Goldberg October 18, 2018An ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sickened over 200 people and resulted in over 130 ...
The UN Refugee Agency Faces a Big Funding Shortfall Joanne Lu October 17, 2018As the refugee crisis continues to worsen, funding for it is steadily shrinking, according to a new report by the UN ref...
Chart of the Day: The World Bank Ranks Each County Based on Its “Human Capital” Joanne Lu October 16, 2018How well are governments setting up their people for success? According to a new set of rankings by the World Bank – not...
