Jair Bolsonaro and the Destruction of the Amazon Mark Leon Goldberg August 29, 2019Fires raging in the Amazon have captured the world's attention and put focus on the policies of the Brazilian government...
What’s Behind the Protests in Kashmir? Mark Leon Goldberg August 28, 2019Ed note. This op-ed, from Sumit Ganguly of Indiana University, is cross posted with permission from The Conversation...
The United Nations Comes to Salt Lake City Mark Leon Goldberg August 26, 2019The United Nations is in Utah this week. The annual United Nations Civil Society Conference is being held in Salt Lake ...
Research Identifies a Link Between Dowry Payments and the Outbreak of Violent Conflict Mark Leon Goldberg August 26, 2019About 75% of the world's population live in societies that practice of form of dowry payment. This is also known as brid...
An Inside Look at Slavery in the Fishing Industry Mark Leon Goldberg August 22, 2019The fish you eat may have been caught by slaves.Most Thai fishing boats operating in the South China Sea are depende...
The Most Innovative Countries in the World, As Ranked By the UN Joanne Lu August 21, 2019The United Nations agency that guards intellectual property rights has ranked countries according to how innovative they...
How We Can Feed the World Without Destroying the Planet Mark Leon Goldberg August 20, 2019The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, released a report in August demonstrating the ha...
Today is World Humanitarian Day. Here’s What that Means Joanne Lu August 19, 2019It’s World Humanitarian Day, and this year, the UN is highlighting the hard work and sacrifice of tens of thousands of w...
War Crimes and Ethnic Cleansing Were Committed Against the Rohingya of Myanmar. They Deserve Justice. But How? Mark Leon Goldberg August 15, 2019In August 2017, hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar fled across the border to Bangladesh. The ...
