Recent Articles
MAY 19, 2009 • Article
Obama Could Send Message to Iran With...a Message to Iran
In one letter, Obama could spell out common interests, mutual concerns, and prospects for peace.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...