Graduating from protesters to politicians, Chile’s student leaders achieved the legislative wins that have eluded their Occupy counterparts.

Graduating from protesters to politicians, Chile’s student leaders achieved the legislative wins that have eluded their Occupy counterparts.
The developed world has pledged $9.5 billion to help fight climate change. But it’s going to take hundreds of billions more.
Warnings about the human and environmental costs of “free trade” went unheeded. Now the most vulnerable Central Americans are paying the price.
Instead of encouraging Cuban doctors to defect, the United States should be working with them to stop the spread of Ebola.
The Obama administration is making it harder for Central Americans to get refugee status.
Refugees come from as far away as East Africa to try their luck at crossing the Rio Grande.
Haiti’s late dictator leaves behind a 1-million-strong Diaspora unlikely to ever return home.
Even some critics of Israel bristled when its recent attacks on Gaza were called “genocidal.” But a closer look reveals disturbing parallels with genocides past.
A thousand poles are blooming as new international blocs like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS Development Bank emerge to challenge Western economic and military hegemony.
It’s not just about oil: To support the world’s burgeoning billions in a warming climate, the human race needs to drastically rethink its approach to agriculture.