UNITED NATIONS - As one of the youngest representatives from a non-governmental organization to attend this year's UN Commission on Sustainable... Read more |
GENEVA - A United Nations conference held here in April strongly reaffirmed the world's commitment to "prevent, combat and eradicate racism, racial... Read more |
NEW YORK— Around the world, the high cost of gender inequality can be seen in all cultures and societies.
Violence against women is... Read more |
Paul Hanley’s bold and sweeping new book, Eleven, opens with a simple but extremely consequential question: Given that the world’s population is by... Read more |
NEW YORK - When Jan Floyd-Douglass decided to buy a new car, she bypassed suitable models from many different companies - and then wrote to tell them... Read more |
A global campaign to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the imprisonment of seven Iranian Bahá’í leaders led to an outpouring of support and... Read more |
COPENHAGEN - Although initially derided for its failure to reach a binding agreement to reduce greenhouse gases, December's United Nations Climate... Read more |
Would the world be a better place without religion?
It’s a question that many have asked through the ages, and one highlighted more recently by... Read more |
GENEVA - After several postponements last year, the trial of seven Iranian Bahá'í leaders began in January 2010 - an event that was immediately... Read more |
