The United States has an incarceration crisis. Although the U.S. is home to just 5 percent of the global population,…
The U.K. played host to a global anti-corruption summit yesterday. The event seemed particularly well-timed, coming on the heels of…
The announcement that the U.S. will ship 500 metric tons of packaged, dry-roasted peanuts to Haiti later this year has been…
More than a week after President Barack Obama’s historic trip to Cuba, the reaction to the visit has been ambivalent.…
The term ‘foreign aid’ likely brings up different definitions for different people in the United States. Some might point to…
Two new rankings of country-level performance on foreign aid and development tell very different stories. It is best illustrated by…
Hundreds of refugees are leaving Burundi for neighboring Tanzania each day. Political tensions in the country continue to simmer, causing…
There are two competing narratives about poverty in the United States. One is summed up best by commentator and TV…
Traveling by road can sometimes feel like a deadly proposition, whether it is in the back of a New York…
More than $2.1 trillion in Fortune 500 company profits are held offshore, a new study has found. Apple, American Express…