4 Humanitarian Crises You Haven’t Been Paying Attention to but Should
Displaced refugees in the DRC. (Flickr / Oxfam East Africa) Between the Sochi Olympics and the crisis in Ukraine, the eyes of the world have been glued to one part of the world for almost a month. Now...
View ArticleThis Means War? Answers to 9 Pressing Questions About Syria
Syrian refugee children, June 25, 2013. Eoghan Rice / Trócaire / Flickr Last week, reports of a deadly chemical attack in Syria drew attention and concern all over the world. Hundreds of people -...
View ArticleTaking Military Action in Syria – Here’s the Plan, the Pros, and the Cons
The conflict in Syria is not going away any time soon. President Obama wants to take military action there, and he's trying to drum up support for his plan. He says that it's necessary to respond to a...
View ArticleWelcome Back … Now Get to Work: The 7 Big Things on Congress’ To-Do List
Summer break is officially over. School's back in session. And so is Congress, after a traditional month-long August recess. And, boy, these 538 men and women have a lot on their plates. You know how...
View ArticleHow to Talk About Syria With Anyone
Syrian children at a refugee camp. Trocaire / Flickr Miley Cyrus and the new Apple iPhone aside, the world is focused on Syria. View Larger Map The brutal conflict there between the government and...
View ArticleWhy Everyone’s Buzzing About Putin’s New York Times Op-Ed
U.S. President Barack Obama (left) with Russian President Vladimir Putin / Wikicommons The New York Times ran an op-ed by Russian President Vladimir Putin last night, and everyone seems to be talking...
View ArticleThe Lowdown on the Violence in South Sudan — and Why You Should Care
South Sudan is a brand new country, and it might be on the brink of a civil war. TWEET https://twitter.com/businessinsider/status/413688559267479552 Already, hundreds of people are dead in a clash...
View Article9 Topics Everyone Will Be Buzzing About in 2014
Credit: Google Images Hold up, we're having a vision ... Okay, fine. We can't exactly predict the future, but we can tell what the big issues are shaping up to be in 2014. Let's have a look into the...
View ArticleEgypt Is in a State of Emergency: What’s Happening and What It Means
#Egypt photo: Woman tries to stop military bulldozer http://t.co/lchSn53KuF pic.twitter.com/9I6VNf0919 — AJELive (@AJELive) August 14, 2013 Egypt’s new government is just a few weeks old, but has...
View Article4 Stories the World Is Outraged Over
The symbol of the Sochi Olympics. hugochisholm / Flickr. It’s late August. Millions are savoring the last days of summer and vacation, while others are just heading back to school. Amid the late-summer...
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