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African National Congress flag and logo.

MAY 6, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Liberation Debt in the New South Africa

Loyalty to the ANC remains strong, despite corruption charges that surrounded presidential candidate Jacob Zuma until recently and cynicism over what the party has been ...

Spencer Zuzolo instructs a student.

MAY 5, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Digital Workforce Initiative Transforms Gulf Coast Job Prospects

One means to revitalize the post-Katrina Louisiana economy is to educate a digital workforce steeped in twenty-first century skills: creative collaboration, communication, and interactive media ...

The Battle of Algiers movie poster.

MAY 5, 2009 Article

Ethics on Film: Discussion of "The Battle of Algiers"

Shot in documentary style, this classic about the Algerian struggle for independence from France in the 1950s has become a learning tool both for rebel ...

Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. <br>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kamoda/61229055/">Nathan Duckworth</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAY 4, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Lightweight Japan

Should we be pleased that Japan is gradually stepping up to its responsibilities in global security, or are there better ways for it to help ...

The London G20 Summit

MAY 4, 2009 Article

A Human Rights Analysis of the G20 Communique: Recent Awareness of the 'Human Cost' Is Not Quite Enough

The global economic crisis and its impact on the poor are issues of international human rights law, in particular of state obligations to take collective ...

Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/n_ipper/3491591164/">Jonathan van Smit</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAY 1, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: When Swine Flu Strikes

Given the small overall number of confirmed swine flu cases, the current situation warrants the caution associated with a normal flu season. But domestic and ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2723654681/">Okinawa Soba</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

APR 27, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: A Blight on the Nation: Slavery in Today's America

Certain things we know to be true. We know that the South kept slaves, and the North fought a righteous war of liberation. We know ...

Hit and run. Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chozno01/2049157702/">Claudio</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

APR 24, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The G-20's Global Hit-and-Run

The economic crisis has been compared to familiar catastrophes such as the sinking Titanic and a tsunami. But the car crash analogy works much better ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vhhammer/8885641187/">V. H. Hammer</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

APR 22, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Spring 2009 Poetry Contest Winners

Policy Innovations is pleased to announce the winners of its Spring 2009 Poetry Contest. The following five submissions, each from a different city, represent the inspiration ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blixt/171174944/">Martin McKenna</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

APR 20, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Europe Calls U.S. on Gambling Laws

Europe's WTO complaint has re-raised the issue of gambling legalization and regulation in the United States -- a topic that should arouse the interest of ...