This is What the #SOSNicaragua Hashtag Is All AboutAround April 19, the hashtag #SOSNicaragua emerged on Twitter. It tells a troubling story of growing demonstrations in the capital Managua and...
The White House Turns to the UN to Fight ISIS’ Re-Emergence in Syria. (But Denies it the Funding to Do So)The White House sought to address some confusion over President Trump’s suggestion yesterday that American troops should quit Syria. The...
It’s Been Four Months Since Robert Mugabe’s Ouster. Has Zimbabwe Changed for the Better?24 November 2017 was an electrifying day for Zimbabweans. For the first time in 30 years, they would have a...
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: The Extraordinary Journey of a Child Survivor of the Civil War in Sierra Leone to Law School in America Joseph Kaifala was just a child when civil war broke out in Liberia and Sierra Leone. The war came...
Food Ration Cuts Are Becoming the Norm as Aid Agencies Struggle to Keep UpFacing a massive funding shortfall, the World Food Program in January cut rations for Congolese refugees in Rwanda by 25%....
The Top UN Human Rights Official Accurately Called Hungary’s President a Racist. Drama EnsuedThe UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein called Hungarian President Viktor Orban a “racist” last week because...
PODCAST: Remembering the Armenian Genocide with philanthropist and business leader Noubar AfeyanNoubar Afeyan is a business leader, entrepreneur and philanthropist. In 2015, along with other decedents of survivors of the 1915...
The Relationship Between Iran and the Human Rights Council is Extremely Contentious An Iranian government official who is under sanctions by the United States and European Union addressed the UN Human Rights...