Corporations Killed Medicine. Here’s How to Take It Back.
February 5, 2016 | For most of human history, life-saving drugs were a public good. Now they’re only good for shareholders.
Articles by Tiago Faia
Haiti’s Earthquake Was Devastating. The Cholera Epidemic Was Worse.
October 14, 2015 | If someone had poisoned New York's water supply and killed 9,000 people, it would have been the most litigated public health disaster of all time. But when it happened in Haiti? Nothing.
Hong Kong’s Simmering Revolt Against Fake Democracy
August 7, 2014 | A showdown looms over Hong Kong’s democratic demands and Beijing’s apparent determination to thwart them.
Macau: Gambling Away the Future on China’s Doorstep
June 12, 2014 | The prosperous Chinese region of Macau is gambling away its future on the gaming industry—which may be exactly what Beijing wants.
Can China Win Back Hong Kong?
January 13, 2014 | Relations between Hong Kong and mainland China have fallen to some of their greatest depths since the city's handover to Beijing.
Nepal’s Disputed Election: Managing Pandora’s Box
January 10, 2014 | After a contentious and disputed election, Nepal's centrist parties are struggling to reach an accord with the Maoists who helped bring down the country's monarchy.
Sierra Leone: From Swords into Ploughshares
June 5, 2013 | Sierra Leone may be slowly transcending its ethnic-based politics, but poverty remains an omnipresent threat to its development and democracy.
Business as Usual in the Congo
October 10, 2012 | The West suddenly seems less concerned with democracy in the DRC than it professed to be last year.
African Solutions for Cote d’Ivoire: The Deception of ‘No Solution’
April 14, 2011 | The prospect of a new civil war looms on the Ivoirian horizon.