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Now Seeking: Network Leaders and Team Members for 2013-14 Year
Are you a young global activist ready to make a significant impact on US global engagement? Are you excited… [more]
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Announcing Global Leader!
Are you ready to change the world? Join us in summer 2013! Global Leader is an intensive training… [more]
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“Hold Your Reaction”
By Carla Issa, Hope not Hate fellow “I smelled smoke and saw everyone running.” Just two days… [more]
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Seeking Summer 2013 Interns: Issue Analysts, Social Media, Tech Team, Movement Builders, Global Citizenship, Campaigners
These are all virtual positions, which can be performed from anywhere. Are you ready to amplify… [more]
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How to Change the World
Throughout April and May, we will be featuring inspiring and informative posts on how you can change… [more]
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Bridging the Gap: The Power of the Media Lens
May 16, 2013 By AIDemocracy Leave a Comment
By Gao Qinglian I happened to watch a part of Joe’s speech in UPENN Commencement 2013 this Monday, in which I heard the following: “China is a great nation, and we should hope for the continued expansion. But ladies and gentlemen, their problems are immense, and they lack much of what we … [Read More...]
The Day Without Drones
May 13, 2013 By AIDemocracy Leave a Comment
By Quenique Newbill. A recent New York Times article highlighted the public policy debate on the use of drones strikes versus captures in high level terror suspects. This debate is not new. Since the advent of the "War on Terror", Human rights groups have expressed legal concerns with the … [Read More...]
Kepler and its Promising Discoveries
May 7, 2013 By kyleanne Leave a Comment
After four years of measuring blips, NASA’s Kepler space telescope has discovered the most Earth-like “exoplanet” to date. Kepler-62f and 62e are both approximately 1.5 times bigger than earth and both orbit within the “habitable zone” of a star smaller and dimmer than our sun. This … [Read More...]
International Adoption and Political Games
May 7, 2013 By kyleanne Leave a Comment
Some countries, for whatever reasons, look upon international adoption with disdain. In response, they often attempt to limit the number of children being sent overseas through outright bans or by improving the system of domestic adoption. Romania opted for the ban. South Korea, one of the … [Read More...]
The Ironic Spectator: Solidarity in the Age of Post-Humanitarianism
May 6, 2013 By AIDemocracy Leave a Comment
By Rafael Panlilio. “It is, I argue, only when we examine solidarity as a problem of communication, that is, as a moral claim seeking to reconcile the competing demands of market, politics and the media, that we can better understand how the spectacle of suffering is subtly but surely turning … [Read More...]
Tips on Changing the World: Ramis Wadood
May 3, 2013 By AIDemocracy Leave a Comment
Americans for Informed Democracy Advisory Board Member and Issue Analyst, Ramis Wadood, shares his background, experience and advice on How to Change the World, below! Name, Occupation: Ramis Wadood, Columbia University, Political Science and Anthropology What do you think the biggest … [Read More...]
Syria’s Strife
May 3, 2013 By Robin Schwartz Leave a Comment
When multiple explosions went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in April, all attention was drawn to Boylston Street. The world took to social media to show support for the people of Boston and to speak out against terrorism. Yesterday, a bomb blast in Damascus, the government-held … [Read More...]
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