What it Means that Hundreds of Thousands of Salvadorians Will Lose Their “Temporary Protective Status” in the USThis week the Trump administration announced it is revoking the temporary status held by hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans, setting...
Here’s How Every Country in the World Ranks on Gender EqualityOn January 1st, 2018, Iceland became the first country in the world to make pay inequality illegal. Companies that cannot...
PODCAST: What Big Data Can Teach Us About TerrorismAt the very end of last year I had the opportunity to moderate a panel at the United States Institute...
Map of the Day: The Places Where the UN Warns of Major risks to Food Security in the Next Three MonthsToday’s map comes from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. It is part of the FAO’s early warning system that...
Protests in Iran started over the price of eggs. Will they end with the toppling of the Islamic Republic?Iran is in the midst of its most significant protest and popular uprising since 2009, when the so-called Green Revolution...
Will the Trump Administration Upend Decades of US Policy and Cut Relief Aid to Palestinian Refugees?Is the United States about to cut off American funding for the UN agency that provides humanitarian aid for Palestinian...
Thousands of Refugees are Stuck in Indefinite Detention on Remote Islands Off the Coast of Australia. This Lawyer Is Trying to Free ThemThe government of Australia has a particularly harsh — many consider illegal — policy of sending any refugee or asylum...
9 Stories that will Drive the Global Agenda in 2018From potential nuclear armageddon to a new global compact on migration, and much in between– UN Dispatch presents our annual...
Podcast: A Lopsided Vote Against the United States Portends Big Changes At the United NationsOn Thursday, December 21 the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning the United States’ decision to recognize Jerusalem...