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FEB 29, 2016 • Journal Online Exclusive
Libya and the First Human Right
We tend not to think of the fact that chaos is the biggest violator of human rights. The core right to life—the first human ...
FEB 29, 2016 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: From the Forest to the Health Clinic
Dr. Kinari Webb and her team are saving lives and forests in Indonesia through a very unusual incentives program.
FEB 23, 2016 • Article
Better Transportation for a Better City
Did you know that the longest traffic jam ever recorded--192 miles--occurred in São Paulo? "Not only would an expansion of the subway system increase ...
FEB 23, 2016 • Article
The Fight Against Climate Change
"Climate change is happening," writes 15-year-old Dheera Vuppala. "Nine out of ten scientists say it is. The U.S. has to deal with it, so ...
FEB 23, 2016 • Article
Defining the Undefinable: Gender in Developed Nations
"I yearn to live in a society where we can be ourselves without prejudice," writes Se Bin Ahn, a South Korean student. "It is therefore ...
FEB 23, 2016 • Article
Goals for a Better World: Taking Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change in the United States within the Next 15 Years
American student Annabelle Dunbar advocates for the United States and its citizens to begin a transition towards more ecologically and economically sustainable ways of living ...
FEB 23, 2016 • Article
The Making of Sustainable India
"Sustainable development will not be easy. Yet, it is an unavoidable responsibility that is achievable with better planning, stronger policies, and effective execution," writes Indian ...
FEB 23, 2016 • Article
Measures for Nigeria to Reach the Objective "Make Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient, and Sustainable" in the Next 15 Years
"I have always seen my dear country as the proverbial elephant up a tree: I do not understand how come it got there, but I ...
FEB 22, 2016 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Claire Nouvian, Guardian of the Deep
French environmentalist Claire Nouvian has devoted her life to protecting a resource that is largely a mystery to most of us: the deep sea.
FEB 22, 2016 • Article
Ethics in Online Activism: False Senses of Social Action or Effective Source of Change?
"There is a growing skepticism of whether or not sectors of online activism are more self-interested than socially interested," writes Rimah Jaber. When and how ...