Today many in the developing world continue to be frustrated with the IMF’s structure since it doesn’t reflect the shifting power balance in the global economy.
Lagarde’s Victory: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
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Human Rights
Freedom Flotillas Will Sail Until Blockade of Gaza Is Lifted
Though Freedom Flotilla II was intercepted, it vows to regroup and fulfill its obligations to the besieged people of Gaza and to the hundreds of thousands of ordinary people around the world who funded and organized this act of solidarity.
Haiti’s Recovery Ultimately Contingent on Education
If education were made more of a priority, Haiti’s future would look much brighter.
Iran Missile Tests Timed to Capitalize on Gates’s Acknowledgment U.S. Tired of War?
It may have been a coincidence but the latest round of Iranian missile tests came seven days after the outgoing US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates acknowledged that Americans were “tired of a decade of war.”
Martelly: Haiti’s New Hope
Since the catastrophic January 2010 earthquake, Haitians have seen little improvement in their standard of living. More than 500,000 people remain displaced, the cholera epidemic worsens by the day, the living conditions for women and girls in tent camps are increasingly dangerous, there’s been lack of progress on issues of governance and land tenure, and the ineffectiveness of foreign aid have stalled Haiti’s recovery. Haitians are disillusioned with themselves, their government, and the international community.
Myanmar May Be Closer to Becoming Burma Again Than You Think
Increased fighting by Myanmar’s ethnic minorities, along with low morale in the Myanmar army, suggest that the brutal government might not be as invulnerable to overthrow as previously thought.
Will Fukushima Survivors Be Doubly Victimized With Radiation Sickness and Stigmatization?
Some Fukushima refugees have been exposed to the same stigmatization as Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s victims of radiation sickness
Justice Department Gives Torturers a Pass
The Romans had an expression for it: “Nulla poena sine lege,” no punishment without a law. But people sometimes forget that the opposite is also true: Without punishment for offenders, a law itself can die.
On Heels of Anti-BDS Bill, Israel’s Right-Wing Parties Seek to Further Limit Dissent
One the bills that Israel’s right-wing parties seeks to pass proposes the creation of a “commission of inquiry” to investigate outspoken human rights groups like B’Tselem.
Children and ‘The Beast’
Which Way Home has no narration, but the subjects (children, parents, various government officials) have strong voices. It’s a smart approach—documentary in its purest form. The constant conversations of those on camera provide valuable insight into the children’s motivations for making the journey. The film easily transports the viewer into the sad and dangerous world of transnational migration.