It’s Problematic that Venezuela Has a Seat on the Human Rights Council. But the Trump Administration Partly Has Itself to Blame Mark Leon Goldberg October 17, 2019Venezuela was one of 14 countries to win a seat on the UN Human Rights Council in elections held by the UN General Assem...
How “The Girl Effect” Has Changed International Development Mark Leon Goldberg October 17, 2019The "Girl Effect" is a concept that has been around international development for the better part of a decade. It refers...
How a vaccine scare caused polio to re-emerge in the Philippines after 19 years Joanne Lu October 15, 2019Nineteen years after polio was officially eradicated in the Philippines, the incurable disease has made a resurgence due...
Why is Russia Suddenly So Interested in the Central African Republic? Mark Leon Goldberg October 14, 2019Dionne Searcey travelled to the Central African Republic to report on a story that has previously lead to the murder of ...
Why Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Won the Nobel Peace Prize Mark Leon Goldberg October 11, 2019Ethiopia's young Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. In conferring the honor, the...
Turkey Invades Syria, and Kurdish Fighters Who Helped Defeat ISIS Are Trapped Mark Leon Goldberg October 9, 2019Kurdish forces have a long history of siding with the United States. And the United States has a long history of eventua...
Antonio Guterres Warns Thousands of Employees that the UN is Running Out of Money Mark Leon Goldberg October 8, 2019In a highly unusual letter sent to thousands of UN staffers, Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned of an impending b...
Three Years Ago, The Battle of Mosul Began. This was the beginning of the end of the Islamic State’s “Caliphate” Mark Leon Goldberg October 7, 2019The battle of Mosul began exactly three years ago this month. Iraqi government forces and allied Kurdish militias with b...
Why Human Rights Defender Gulalai Ismail Fled Pakistan Mark Leon Goldberg October 3, 2019Gulalai Ismail won't tell me how she came to New York. Doing so, she says, will put too many lives at risk.Gulalai I...
