The Nobel Peace Prize Committee cited Obama's dedication to arms control and nonproliferation when announcing last Friday his selection as…
Before 9/11, most Americans found the idea that international terrorists could mount an attack on their homeland and kill thousands of…
To his credit, President Barack Obama has insisted on "getting the strategy right" before any escalation of the American commitment in…
Federal policies bear some of the blame for the housing bust because they encourage leveraged bets on housing. Yet instead of reconsidering…
International negotiations are focused on developing a climate policy framework for the post-2012 period, when the Kyoto Protocol's first…
This book is a dialogue about poverty in North America, especially in Mexico and the United States. Poverty has different roots and…
Iceland (1) has claimed the top spot of the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2009 from Norway (3) which slipped to third…
The savings, home values, and portfolios of U.S. families have been hard hit in the recent financial crisis, which has raised concerns for…
President Obama's accusation that Iran has lied about a secret nuclear plant gives the United States the most important opportunity in…
Much of the inequality literature has focused
on national inequality, but local inequality is also important. Crime
rates are higher in…