What the Chilean Miners Tell Us about the Limits of Compassion Mark Leon Goldberg October 18, 2010Guest post from Harold Pollack: It’s easy to get people to pay attention and to help 33 identified people who require a single dramatic rescue. It’s much harder to get the same level of attention and action when millions of people face larger, complicated, and chronic challenges after a mass disaster.
Americans: Still Very Much in Favor the UN Mark Leon Goldberg October 15, 2010Don't believe the hype. New polling data shows that a strong majority of Americans have a favorable image of the United Nations. And even in the heat of an election season, warm feelings for the UN are bi-partisan.
Humanity’s Biggest Achievement This Week Mark Leon Goldberg October 15, 2010The Food and Agriculture Organization is confident that a cattle plague that ruined the lives and livelihoods of millions of people across centuries has been eliminated from the face of the earth. Auf wiedersehen Rinderpest!
Is the US Calling for More Peacekeepers in South Sudan? UPDATE Mark Leon Goldberg October 14, 2010UNMIS can help facilitate the implementation of these new agreements. But peacekeepers cannot be expected to prevent the outbreak of conflict between two countries that are determined to go to war.
ICC Nabs Another Suspect Mark Leon Goldberg October 13, 2010And another one bites the dust...except, there are far more suspects at large than there are behind bars. In fact, it is a small miracle anytime the International Criminal Court is able to detain a suspect.
Who Knew Global Health Could be So funny? (Video) Mark Leon Goldberg October 13, 2010Thailand's "Mr. Condom," Mechai Viravaidya discusses his country's very successful public health campaign around condom usage during the TedXChange event. Penile Puns and vaguely inappropriate language abound.
More Civilian Casualties of War in Pakistan than Afghanistan Mark Leon Goldberg October 13, 2010The Campaign for Innocent Victims in Armed Conflict (CIVIC), release a shocking new study of civilian casualties in Pakistan. At what point do we stop calling it the "Afghanistan War?"
George Clooney on South Sudan (Video) Mark Leon Goldberg October 12, 2010George Clooney just returned from a trip to South Sudan with the Today Show reporter Ann Curry and the Enough Project's John Prendergast.
Happy Election Day Mark Leon Goldberg October 12, 2010Election day here in the United States is still about one month away. But in New York today, the General Assembly is set to select new members of the Security Council for two year stints. UPDATE: The results are in. UPDATE II: Canadian recriminations begin! UPDATE III: Canadian recriminations get personal.
