Education and Gender Equality

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights recently announced an investigation into college and university admissions policies with respect to overly favoring men in order to re-shift the gender balance back to the status quo. The status quo, in this case, would be something more akin to 50-50. That’s because the trend over the last decade [...]

A Look at Immigration’s Impact on Children in the US

A recent NYT editorial points out that “there are 16 million children in immigrant families in the United States, one of the fastest-growing segments of the population…in the age of globalization, …waves of human displacement in recent decades have led to immigration on a scale not seen since Ellis Island. But a country that has [...]

Understanding the new US Policy toward Sudan

During his presidential campaign, Obama stressed the importance of holding the government of Sudan accountable for its actions in Darfur and making the conflict in Sudan a priority. Since his election, however, the President has received criticism from many activists and lawmakers about his lack of a coherant plan to deal with the conflict in [...]

Test your global IQ

President Bill Clinton has launched a new initiative to get people engaged in addresssing issues of global concern. The first step, is to test your global IQ on the William J. Clinton Foundation’s website. The quiz has questions on topics on issues ranging from climate change to deforestation, global health and poverty. Readers of the [...]