by Adrian Ineichen Undoubtedly, China has made impressive economic progress in the last three decades and continues to outperform most economies with an annual growth ...

by Greg Siedschlag “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), the Clinton administration policy designed as a compromise to Clinton’s campaign promise of letting openly gay people ...

by Brent Wisner “The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men.” (Marbury v. Madison 1803) ...

by Ryan Greenfield The early 20th century conception of power production, transmission, distribution, and consumption is still largely prevalent in the United States and around ...

by Michael Serota "[I]f we're going to frame these debates in ways that allow us to solve them, then we can't start off by figuring ...

by Monica Martinez Public transportation is making a comeback. Between 2007 and 2008, public transportation ridership increased by about 4 percent, according to data released ...

by Christina Coloroso Observers of the current debates surrounding health care reform and economic stabilization have noted seemingly unprecedented levels of uncivil behavior on behalf ...

by Andrew Wolf The “escalate-then-exit strategy” the President unveiled in a December 1st speech at West Point had been developed over the course of the ...

by Avi Smolen & Randa Kuziez, Faiths Act Fellows, Washington DC According to the World Health Organization, half of the world's population is at risk ...

by Kim Bernet The House of Representatives is due to consider the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA) by the end of this year. The ...

by Adrian Ineichen Economic Growth While many major countries have suffered economic contraction or stagnation in 2009, China is expected to grow by about 8.2% ...

by Michael Branson As the aughts come to a close with health care reform hogging Congressional attention and an optimistic Harry Reid vowing a Senate ...

by Mark Hines The global economy has experienced a deep recession. In the United States, we have seen signs of an improving economy, but unemployment ...

by Adrian Ineichen The Great Contrast Recently, President Obama travelled to Asia and visited Japan, the APEC summit in Singapore and went to China and ...

by Alexander Metelitsa On January 22, 2009, President Obama signed executive orders to shut down the Guantanámo Bay terrorist detention center within a year. Soon after, ...

by Deena Al Shatti The UNDP estimates that there are nearly 200 million migrant workers worldwide. Migrant workers often leave their home countries to gain ...

by Tamar Zaidenweber On Thursday November 12, DC City Council member David Catania, Chair of the Committee on Health, hosted a roundtable hearing on the ...

by Kim Bernet With the death toll reaching nearly 25 students this year alone, the Chicago public school system’s violence prevention policy is being given ...

by Andrew Wolf What can the results of the three key races in this past Tuesday’s election tell us about the national political landscape? On ...

by Michael Branson Last Wednesday, October 22, President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law. The Act ...

by Laura Hatalsky Earlier this week, the DC City Council held its first of a series of hearings on gay marriage in the District. As ...

by Tom Neeley With the upcoming U.N. Climate Change Conference in December, many hopes and fears have been pegged on the creation of a broad, ...

by Adrian Ineichen New Lending Facilities and Their Impact The IMF and the World Bank held their annual meeting in early October in Istanbul. In ...

by Deena Al Shatti The Israel-Palestine conflict needs no introduction. Since the formation of the State of Israel in 1948, there has been near constant ...