Obamacare: Not Perfect, But Worth A Shot
It has been four years since the Affordable Care Act (ACA), more popularly known as Obamacare, was signed into law, and on the heels of today’s sign-up deadline, President Obama began… 
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How Entrepreneurship Can Address America’s Inequality Crisis
In a special report on the state of entrepreneurship in the U.S., The Economist referred to America as a “beacon of entrepreneurialism.” Pointing to Americans’ culture of innovation and risk-taking behavior, the report shows…
How Entrepreneurship Can Address America’s Inequality Crisis
Photo by flickr user jungmoon In a special report on the state of entrepreneurship in the U.S., The Economist referred to America as a “beacon of entrepreneurialism.” Pointing to Americans’…
Building Inclusive Security: The Role of Women in Peacemaking
In the often fraught and uncertain environment that defines the process of post-conflict mediation and peacebuilding, women’s voices are conspicuously absent at the negotiating table. Despite several UN Security Council…
Building Inclusive Security: The Role of Women in Peacemaking
Photo:Nobel Peace Prize activist Leymah Gbowee Image credit: Reuters In the often fraught and uncertain environment that defines the process of post-conflict mediation and peacebuilding, women’s voices are conspicuously absent at…
The Global Community Must Take Action on Eliminating Violence Against Women
The 58th session of the Committee on the Status of Women is underway at the United Nations in New York this week. This important annual gathering of representatives of UN…
Doubling Down on the Nation’s Obesity Epidemic
Medical researchers recently released some hopeful news in the nation’s battle against obesity. According to a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity rates among children…
Holding Corporations Responsible for their Supply Chains
A year after one of the worst industrial disasters in the country’s history claimed the lives of over 1,100 garment workers in Savar, Bangladesh last year— most of them poor, young women…
Holding Corporations Responsible for their Supply Chains
A year after one of the worst industrial disasters in the country’s history claimed the lives of over 1,100 garment workers in Savar, Bangladesh last year— most of them poor, young women…
Affordable Housing: The Most Effective Way to Combat Inequality
Dasani Coates and her siblings in the room they shared with their parents in a Brooklyn homeless shelter. Image Credit: Ruth Fremson, New York Times By Shyama Venkateswar Earlier this week,…
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