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McGill University. Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirsasha/3869487834/" target="_blank">mirsasha</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>)

FEB 9, 2011 Article

2nd Prize, Post Secondary Education Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2010

To have a meaningful impact, Lisa Blake proposes that McGill University focuses on developing two programs--one focused towards the overall McGill and Montreal community, and ...

Phaedra Jaggernauth

FEB 9, 2011 Article

Ist Prize, Post Secondary Education Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2010

Phaedra Jaggernauth, University of Trinidad and Tobago, gives a detailed blueprint on how to transform her school, from installing solar panels and reducing energy needs, ...

Greenhouse. Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mymoustache/42565076/" target="_blank">moustache</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>)

FEB 9, 2011 Article

First Prize High School Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2010

Jacqueline Dufalla's inventive and practical proposals for raising student awareness at her school include field trips, an annual "Day without Power," an environmental elective class, ...

CREDIT: Photo collage details <a href="http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/briefings/data/000195#photocredit">here</a>.

FEB 3, 2011 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Digital Rations

Internet access is politicized in Castro's Cuba and critical expression suppressed, but as technological savvy increases on the island many are able to connect through ...

Egyptian Flag, Jan 30 2011, Tahiri Square <br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkroomproductions/5405135474/" target=_blank">darkroom productions</a>

FEB 3, 2011 Article

Egypt: Liberalism and Intervention

The next time we claim that some peoples, traditions, religions, or civilizations cannot achieve democracy, rights, or freedom unless we help them, we might want ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceekay/2736396045/">C. K. Koay</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

FEB 1, 2011 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: All Aboard for High-Speed Rail

The Obama administration has given passenger rail the strongest federal push since the days of Abraham Lincoln in hopes of spurring job growth and keeping ...

FEB 1, 2011 Article

Bread, Rice and Freedom: The Peasantry and Agriculture in the USSR and China (May/June, 1983)

This article was first published in the May/June 1983 issue of "Freedom at Issue," published by Freedom House. It includes a comparative analysis of the ...

FEB 1, 2011 Article

China: The Romance of Realpolitik (September/October 1989)

This article (written soon after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre) confronts the failure of the &quot;China experts&quot; in academe to penetrate the reality of ...

A southern Sudan referendum ballot. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/usaidafrica/" target=_blank">USAID Africa</a>

FEB 1, 2011 Article

The Promise and Peril of an Independent Republic of South Sudan

Many ask, "Will the newly independent South Sudan become a failed state?" But the real question is, "Can North Sudan remain a viable state without ...

Collage of Julian Assange, by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/artensoft/5305386172/" target=_blank">Artensoft</a>

JAN 28, 2011 Article

WikiLeaks: An Overview, Part I

The U.S. government is in an awkward position. How does it legally distinguish between WikiLeaks and the traditional media? Is Julian Assange, in fact, ...