What happens in the Amazon is of planetary consequence. Its rainforests influence weather and rainfall around the world. Its rivers account for 1/4...
Can the Amazon Be Saved? / Fernando Trujillo
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Podcasts
Tyranny’s Most Dangerous Foe / María Teresa Ronderos
Winston Churchill is alleged to have written that "A free press is the unsleeping guardian of every other right that free men prize; it is the most...
Doctor, Doctor Give Me the News / Kris Olson
Healthcare is intensely personal. Even when national statistics show improvement—which has been the case for most countries over recent decades—what...
It’s Up to the Women / Zubaida Bai
In 2015 the nations of the world—with much fanfare—agreed to achieve gender equality by 2030 as one of the U.N.’s “Sustainable Development Goals.”...
Africa’s Mental Health Emergency / Olayinka Omigbodun
It is trite, but true that youth are our future. Unfortunately, what is also true is that in most countries the mental health of young people has...
Welcome to Dante’s Inferno / Francesca Borri
Over the last several years Palestinians felt abandoned and ignored by Arabs, Americans, and Europeans. The people in Gaza and the West Bank seemed...
Seeking Safe Passage / Sasha Chanoff
Two hundred and fifty years ago the Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote, "Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn." He obviously wasn't...
America’s Unhappy Choice / Scott Miller
Once again, Americans are getting ready for a presidential election that is widely described as the most important in their lifetimes. That may or...
A New Iran? / Hossein Mousavian
During the summer, Iranians elected a new president: Masoud Pezeshkian, a cardiac surgeon, who is considered to be a political reformer. His victory...