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Environmental Movements: Can They Work?

Danny Wilson - October 17, 2010

Last week I mentioned 350.org and the 10/10/10 Day of Work in this space. On Sunday, I went to a small rally on the...

Weighing In: China’s One-Child Policy: No U-Turn Ahead

Kaiyang Huang - October 16, 2010

This is a follow-up post on Alastair Su's blog post "Taking a Cue From Thailand's Mr Condom", looking specifically at China's one-child policy and...

Snyder v. Phelps: A Controversial Look at Freedom of Speech

Caroline Cox - October 16, 2010

The Westboro Baptist Church is not afraid to make their extreme views on homosexuality and religion known. In fact, they are infamous for picketing...

Video Game Sparks Conflict

Evan Kendall - October 16, 2010

This week I stumbled upon a lot of articles on the new Call of Duty: Black Ops video game. The game is attracting attention...

An Objective Lesson in Corporate Civics

Rajiv Tarigopula - October 16, 2010

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court infamously ruled in Citizens United v. FEC that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be...

Debunking Human Rights as “Anti-Chinese”

Alastair Su - October 16, 2010

Last week's decision to award Chinese Liu Xiaobo with the Nobel Peace Prize was hailed by many around the world, but condemned by the...

A Jewish and Democratic State … And It’s Not New York

Joshua Lipson - October 16, 2010

In what’s thought to be a move to appease the right wing of his government, Netanyahu has successfully advanced through Knesset a bill that...

Review of “Waiting for Superman”

Sam Barr - October 14, 2010

This column originally appeared in the Oct. 14 Harvard Independent. Also see Adam's post yesterday on this subject. This weekend I saw Davis Guggenheim’s documentary,...

Weighing Superman’s Argument

Adam Gann - October 13, 2010

Even if you’re not an education policy wonk, you’ve probably heard about Davis Guggenheim’s new documentary, Waiting for “Superman.” And, like many Americans, you...

Realizing Potential: Let’s Find Middle Ground in the Stem Cell Debate

Paul Schied - October 12, 2010

I have a confession to make. I am in favor of embryonic stem cell research. I know I’m not supposed to be. I know,...