The twin plagues of ISIS and Ebola thrive on the breakdown of the existing order.
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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.
America’s Homegrown Terror
Plagued by poor infrastructure, climate denialism, and a patchwork of unregulated fracking wells and nuclear waste sites, the U.S. is poised to topple itself with self-inflicted wounds.
How the UN Can Ignore 8,000 Deaths in Haiti
Many more Haitians will die from cholera, a disease brought to their country by the very people who were supposed to be saving them from disaster.
Our Top 13 from 2013
Our top pieces from 2013 touch on nearly corner of the world.
Nothing to Celebrate: North Koreans with Disabilities
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a look at the grim prospects for disabled North Koreans.
The Undead and Us
Zombies speak to our perennial anxieties about war, pandemics, and globalization.
Peer-to-Peer Science: The Century-Long Challenge to Respond to Fukushima
More than two years after an earthquake and tsunami wreaked havoc on a Japanese power plant, the Fukushima nuclear disaster is one of the most serious threats to public health in the Asia-Pacific, and the worst case of nuclear contamination the world has ever seen....