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Ecuadorian schoolchildren in The Village Education Project

MAR 21, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Building The Village Education Project

After teaching elementary school for ten weeks in a small village in rural Ecuador, I came away from the experience with a lot more than ...

Gods War: A New History of the Crusades

MAR 20, 2007 Article

"To Be Read" Book Review Column: Christopher Tyerman, "God's War: A New History of the Crusades"

Tyerman lays out the New Testament tradition at the beginning of his treatise on the Crusades, raising the immediate question: how did Crusaders manage to ...

MAR 19, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Want to Expand the Middle Class? Improve Low-Wage Jobs

Progressives aren't alone in worrying about the widening income gap these days. Even Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke expresses concern. Much of the focus has ...

MAR 7, 2007 Podcast

Global Human Rights Leadership: Who Will Fill the Void Left by the United States?

With Washington's reputation as a leader on human rights gravely damaged by abuses committed in its five-year-old "global war on terror," who will fill the ...

Oprah Winfrey. Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-light/216012860/in/set-72157594238003999/" target=_blank>Alan Light</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" target=_blank>CC</a>).

MAR 6, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Oprah's Academy Gets A+

Good leadership makes all the difference. So why are people complaining about Oprah's new school in South Africa, a leadership academy for girls? Is her ...