While the Ebola virus is spreading globally, its impact will mostly felt in the world’s poorer regions, especially Africa and the Asian subcontinent.
How Women Are Bearing the Brunt of the Ebola Epidemic
Three-quarters of Ebola victims are women, with caretakers especially at risk.
Ebola and Moral Panic
America’s frenzied, xenophobic response to its first confirmed Ebola case calls back the moral panic of the AIDS epidemic.
What Happened to Romania’s Irrecuperables?
A quarter century after the fall of Ceausescu, there are still many institutions and orphanages throughout Romania.
Militarizing the Ebola Crisis
Few would oppose a robust U.S. response to Ebola, but the Obama administration’s deployment of 3,000 troops to Liberia comes amid a broader U.S.-led militarization in West Africa.
Ebola Dwarfed as Threat to Africa by Malaria and HIV/AIDS
Every day, 2,000 African children die from diarrhea. Every minute, an African child dies of malaria.
The Plague
The twin plagues of ISIS and Ebola thrive on the breakdown of the existing order.
Changing the Conversation on Sexual Violence in Conflict
A little-known, 41-year-old U.S. law has erected an enduring barrier to comprehensive post-rape care for women.
Ten Reasons to Love Uruguayan President José Mujica
Uruguay’s president has put the country on the map as one of the world’s most exciting experiments in creative, progressive governance.
Militarized Humanitarianism in Africa
Africa is the U.S. military’s next frontier, and it’s using humanitarian missions to get there.