Racism and COVID-19: The World’s Twin Pandemics

June 10, 2020

The U.S. may be at the center of both pandemics, but -- as worldwide demonstrations show -- each is global.

Can Coronavirus Be a Catalyst for Thinking Globally?

March 26, 2020

In an age of pandemics and climate crisis, countries’ health, environmental, and development policies are globally important.

December 5, 2019

With a thriving off-grid solar market and hundreds of millions of people waiting for electricity, the continent offers huge potential for renewables.

September 4, 2019

The GOP has made it easier than ever for companies to pay $0 in taxes. A Connecticut-based airplane company shows it was already too easy.

August 14, 2019

For a planet-wide climate crisis, solutions must also span the planet.

July 3, 2019

Remittances outpace foreign aid and investment in much of the world, but transfer companies can skim a significant percentage.

May 8, 2019

Where does Africa’s stolen wealth end up? Among other places, Trump Tower.

April 19, 2019

International slow-walking — and threatened cuts to aid from the Trump administration — could exacerbate a burgeoning ebola outbreak in the Congo.

April 4, 2019

Civil society groups are doing the hard work of recovery, but it's fossil fuel companies and rich countries that need to step up.

June 7, 2011

On the 30th anniversary of the first reported case of AIDS, we may just have turned the corner on battling the disease -- if we commit the resources.