AUG 24, 2012 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Are Party Conventions Necessary?
Do the presidential nominating conventions still serve a purpose in American politics? Do these events need to be reformed or scaled down? Or should they ...
AUG 24, 2012 • Article
The Last Protestant?
There is only one Protestant in the highest offices of U.S. politics today: Barack Hussein Obama. This new religious diversity is unpalatable to some, ...
AUG 23, 2012 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: New Approaches to Humanitarian Migration
Many people cross international borders because their lives have been ruined by an earthquake, flood, drought, or hurricane. But they face a black hole of ...
AUG 17, 2012 • Podcast
Declining Fish Stocks
Three-quarters of the world's fish stocks are in distress and many fisheries could collapse by midcentury. Should we ban industrial fishing or regulate it for ...
AUG 15, 2012 • Podcast
Changes in the American Middle Class
Both left and right agree that the U.S. income gap is widening. It's harder to agree on how to solve it. Fred Setterberg yearns ...
AUG 15, 2012 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Repairing the Shattered Sky
A new film looks at American leadership during the ozone crisis and compares it to the situation with global warming today. The clock is ticking ...
AUG 13, 2012 • Article
Technology for Development: Why Training Trumps Technology
An innovative project is bringing a "Solar-Computer-Lab-in-a-Box," along with solar-powered Internet, to a tiny, off-the-grid Pacific island. But while the technology is exciting, it's not ...
AUG 10, 2012 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Is Censorship Ever Justified?
From jailing bloggers in Ethiopia to legislating religion-neutral clothing in France, censorship takes many forms. Is censorship ever warranted, even if it's used to promote ...