Podcast: The Wanjira Mathai InterviewWanjira Mathai is a Kenyan environmental and civic leader. She is the chair of the Wangari Mathai Foundation, which is...
The Commission on the Status of Women Has Concluded. What was accomplished? A UN Dispatch Q and AThe 62nd annual Commission of the Status of Women (CSW) concluded at the United Nations in New York City last week. Tens of...
I’ve been covering John Bolton Since 2005. Here’s what I have learnedThis is an excerpt from a piece I wrote for The Daily Beast I first started covering John Bolton in...
Jimmy Carter Defeats Mortal Enemy in South SudanYesterday, the minister of health for the country of South Sudan announced that they had successfully put a stop to...
The UN Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia is Coming to a Successful EndBy the end of this month the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia will no longer exist. The mission, known...
The USA is Closer Than Ever to Reforming its Inefficient Food Aid ProgramAdvocates for better food aid are hoping they’ll finally see long-awaited changes become law. Last week, Senators Bob Corker (R-TN)...
PODCAST: The incredible story of Maggy Barankitse, who saved thousands of children in the wake of a genocideMaggy Barankitse is the founder of Maison Shalom, an orphanage and school that was created in Burundi in the wake...
For the first time, an International Treaty to Protect Environmental ActivistsIn many Latin American countries, environmental protests can be a matter of life and death for the activists involved. In...
PODCAST: Meet Mike Pompeo It’s been just two days since Rex Tillerson was fired as Secretary of State, and CIA Director Mike Pompeo...