Water.org is a nonprofit organization that provides access to safe water and sanitation. The organization has transformed hundreds of communities in Africa, South Asia,
Air Force requires soldiers to say, “So help me God”
If you want to enlist or re-enlist in the U.S. Air Force, you have to take an oath of allegiance, both in writing and
Trying to make sense of Colombia’s “Strata” economic system
When I first moved here, the Colombian concept of Strata was one of the most difficult things for me to get my head around.
Infographic: Literacy around the world
For Literacy Day, the United Nations made an infographic looking at literacy statistics around the world. Education is listed again and again as one
News organizations are changing their coverage of climate change
Make no mistake about it. We’re now approaching thirty years of serious scientific data gathering on climate change. And the consensus among scientists in
The political grandmaster behind the big chess tournament in St. Louis: Rex Sinquefield
I have nothing against chess. But for those of you following the big chess tournament here in St. Louis, it might be interesting to
An amazing tribute to Nelson Mandela
In 2012, artist Marco Cianfanelli created a sculpture as a reminder of the fiftieth anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s arrest in 1962, and subsequent 27-year
Council on Foreign Relations: West is responsible for Ukraine crisis
Given the ongoing, ludicrous, and mostly fictional coverage of Ukraine in the American media that relentlessly depicts Vladimir Putin as an evil, crazed, aggressive,
Immigration foes say, “Immigrants steal our culture.” Why they are wrong.
I recently saw a Facebook post entitled, “Here’s All I Want.” It included four wishes: “Obama: Gone!” “Borders: Closed!” Language: English!” “Culture: U.S. Constitution
Health risks demand a moratorium on fracking
A rapidly growing body of research demonstrates that hydraulic fracturing poses dangers not only to the environment but to people’s health. Once contamination occurs